CVE-2026-44986

Penpot: Pre-authenticated account takeover via team-invitation token + prepare-register-profile

Published Jul 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.9 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Penpot is an open-source design tool for design and code collaboration. Prior to 2.14.5, Penpot exposed teams_invitations.clj invitation tokens from create-team-invitations, embedded an existing profile id in auth.clj prepare-register-profile, and had auth.clj register-profile issue a session based on the invitation email match without password verification, allowing a registered user to take over any non-blocked profile. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.5.

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History
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First Time appeared Penpot
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Vendors & Products Penpot
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Penpot is an open-source design tool for design and code collaboration. Prior to 2.14.5, Penpot exposed teams_invitations.clj invitation tokens from create-team-invitations, embedded an existing profile id in auth.clj prepare-register-profile, and had auth.clj register-profile issue a session based on the invitation email match without password verification, allowing a registered user to take over any non-blocked profile. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.5.
Title Penpot: Pre-authenticated account takeover via team-invitation token + prepare-register-profile
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 15, 2026, 3:40 PM
Reserved
May 8, 2026, 4:23 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 15, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jul 15, 2026, 6:15 PM