CVE-2026-53981

Cap-go < v12.128.2 Account Takeover via Unauthenticated Email Change Mechanism

State
Published
Severity
7.2 High
Published
Jun 12, 2026
Updated
Jun 12, 2026
Reserved
Jun 11, 2026

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Description

Cap-go prior to 12.128.2 contains an account takeover vulnerability in its email change mechanism that allows an attacker with temporary authenticated session access to change the registered email address without re-authentication such as password or MFA verification. Attackers can redirect verification to an attacker-controlled email address and subsequently perform a password reset to permanently take over the victim's account.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.2 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.17.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:LVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cap-goCap-go
  • before 12.128.2Affected
  • 6685e5f11adef257bf3d085e481f4d8ebcec602eNot affected

References

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