CVE-2026-72786

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-12. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Craft CMS versions before 5.10.8 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the elements/save action that allows authenticated users to change passwords without verification. Attackers with edit users permission can reset any user's password including administrators by exploiting the unprotected newPassword field in the User element save flow.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
29
EG Risk 29/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
37th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 12, 2026

Last Modified

August 31, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 12, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

Craft CMS 5.0.0-RC1 before 5.10.8 Authentication Bypass via Password Reset | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/craft-cms-rc1-before-authentication-bypass-via-password-reset
github Patch Available

Arbitrary user password reset leading to administrator account takeover · Advisory · craftcms/cms · GitHub

https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-p8x7-9vfw-p7vc

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72786(1)

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

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
craftcms/cms5.0.0 ... 5.9.9 (180 versions)
  • 5.0.0-RC1 up to 5.10.8: fixed in 5.10.8
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Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 67× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 142 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-04 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 19:57 UTCEG score recompute
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  11. 2026-09-30 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-09-27 09:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-09-25 03:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-09-20 16:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  27. 2026-09-12 08:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  30. 2026-09-11 08:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
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  40. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  44. 2026-09-05 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  49. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  51. 2026-09-01 21:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  55. 2026-08-31 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-31 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  66. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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  68. 2026-08-27 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  72. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  74. 2026-08-25 22:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72786?
CVE-2026-72786 is a medium vulnerability published on August 12, 2026. Craft CMS versions before 5.10.8 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the elements/save action that allows authenticated users to change passwords without verification. Attackers with edit users permission can reset any user's password including administrators by exploiting the…
When was CVE-2026-72786 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72786 was first published on August 12, 2026, with the most recent update on August 31, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72786 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72786 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (37th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72786?
CVE-2026-72786 has a CVSS base score of 6.5 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72786?
A fix for CVE-2026-72786 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-72786 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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