CVE-2026-26273

Known affected by Account Takeover via Password Reset Token Leakage

Published Feb 13, 2026 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Known is a social publishing platform. Prior to 1.6.3, a Critical Broken Authentication vulnerability exists in Known 1.6.2 and earlier. The application leaks the password reset token within a hidden HTML input field on the password reset page. This allows any unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the reset token for any user by simply querying the user's email, leading to full Account Takeover (ATO) without requiring access to the victim's email inbox. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.3.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-78wq-6gcv-w28r Known affected by Account Takeover via Password Reset Token Leakage
History
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First Time appeared Withknown
Withknown known
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:withknown:known:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Withknown
Withknown known
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Idno
Idno known
Vendors & Products Idno
Idno known
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Known is a social publishing platform. Prior to 1.6.3, a Critical Broken Authentication vulnerability exists in Known 1.6.2 and earlier. The application leaks the password reset token within a hidden HTML input field on the password reset page. This allows any unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the reset token for any user by simply querying the user's email, leading to full Account Takeover (ATO) without requiring access to the victim's email inbox. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.3.
Title Known affected by Account Takeover via Password Reset Token Leakage
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-640
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Feb 17, 2026, 8:00 PM
Reserved
Feb 12, 2026, 5:10 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 13, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:26 AM