CVE-2026-56305

HIGHPre-NVD 8.38.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.3
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: —CVSS: 8.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the password change endpoint that allows attackers to change user passwords without requiring current password confirmation. Attackers with temporary session access can exploit this flaw to permanently lock out legitimate users and achieve full account takeover.

CVSS v3
8.3
EG Score
8.3(high)
EPSS
—
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 10, 2026

Last Modified

July 10, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 10, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available

Incident Report: No Password Confirmation While Changing New Password — Critical Account Security Weakness · Advisory · Cap-go/capgo · GitHub

https://github.com/Cap-go/capgo/security/advisories/GHSA-rjr5-qxqj-cx8g

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56305(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 6× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-11 16:55 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-11 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-11 03:49 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-11 03:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-10 14:43 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-10 14:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-56305?
CVE-2026-56305 is a high vulnerability published on July 10, 2026. Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the password change endpoint that allows attackers to change user passwords without requiring current password confirmation. Attackers with temporary session access can exploit this flaw to permanently lock out legitimate…
When was CVE-2026-56305 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56305 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56305?
CVE-2026-56305 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56305?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56305, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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