CVE-2026-55210

Joplin: SAML SSO account takeover via email-based account linking (missing is_external check in ssoLogin)

State
Published
Severity
7.4 High
Published
Sep 21, 2026
Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Reserved
Jun 16, 2026

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Description

Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. Prior to 3.7.2, Joplin Server's UserModel.ssoLogin() returns an existing account matched by an IdP-asserted email without checking the account's is_external flag. In deployments using mixed local and SAML authentication, an attacker whose IdP session can assert a local user's email can pass POST /api/saml, receive a session for that local account, and access or modify the victim's notes, files, and settings without knowing the local password. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Affected Products

ProductVersions
joplinlaurent22
  • < 3.7.2Affected

References

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