CVE-2026-71244Paperless-ngx - Mail Account Test Connection Leaks Stored IMAP/OAuth Credentials to Attacker-Controlled Host
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Paperless-ngx's MailAccountViewSet.test action, when called with an existing account's ID and a masked password field, reuses the stored password, account_type, refresh_token, and expiration from that existing account while allowing the caller to supply a different imap_server, imap_port, and imap_security in the same request.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-918
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- TuranSec
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
paperless-ngx paperless-ngx paperless_ngx:paperless_ngx (from the name) | 0 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngxthird-party-advisory
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