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.
CVE-2026-55210
This high-severity CVE scores 7.4 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 61% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.4
- EG Score
- 7.4(medium)
- EG Risk
- 33(Track)EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity74% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 39%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 21, 2026
Last Modified
September 23, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Sep 21, 2026commit b6d69d072919 (laurent22/joplin)
Fix landed in laurent22/joplin commit b6d69d072919 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b6d69d072919cbe769234f93d95ed21e1ec129b2Server: Prevent SAML login from accessing existing local password accounts
Fix merged in laurent22/joplin PR #15647 on 2026-06-11 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/pull/15647SAML SSO account takeover via email-based account linking (missing is_external check in ssoLogin) · Advisory · laurent22/joplin · GitHub
https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-5px3-4f5x-hjc5Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)
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- 2026-09-24 20:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 18:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-23 03:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-22 13:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-21 22:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-21 21:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-21 21:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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