Riskcovery

CVE-2026-39937

Global vanishing does not completely remove user email

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Apr 7, 2026
Updated
Apr 8, 2026
Reserved
Apr 7, 2026

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Description

Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CentralAuth Extension allows Resource Leak Exposure. The issue has been remediated on the `master` branch, and in the release branches for MediaWiki versions 1.43, 1.44, and 1.45.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.8 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:Lwikimedia-foundation

Weaknesses

  • CWE-212 Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Mediawiki - CentralAuth ExtensionThe Wikimedia Foundation
  • 1.43Not affected
  • 1.44Not affected
  • 1.45Not affected
  • before 1.43Affected

References

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