FKIE_CVE-2026-26273

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-13 22:16 - Updated: 2026-02-18 21:01
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/idno/known/commit/8439a0747471559fb1ea9f074b929d390f27e66aPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/idno/known/releases/tag/1.6.3Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/idno/known/security/advisories/GHSA-78wq-6gcv-w28rExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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