Vuln Signal Radar
public-safe defensive signal
CRITICALpublic-safe

CVE-2026-39923

NVD: Flarum before 1.8.16 contains a password reset token expiry bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to reuse expired password reset tokens by submitting them directly to the reset processing endpoint. NVD: The SavePasswordController::handle() method calls PasswordToken::findOrFail() without performing any expiry validation, allowing attackers to bypass the 24-hour token lifetime enforced only during form rendering and change any account's password to gain an... OSV: Flarum < 1.8.16 Password Reset Token Expiry Bypass via POST /reset

CVSS
9.2
Severity
CRITICAL
EPSS
0.0026 (18)
KEV
-

Source-published summary

NVD: Flarum before 1.8.16 contains a password reset token expiry bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to reuse expired password reset tokens by submitting them directly to the reset processing endpoint. NVD: The SavePasswordController::handle() method calls PasswordToken::findOrFail() without performing any expiry validation, allowing attackers to bypass the 24-hour token lifetime enforced only during form rendering and change any account's password to gain an... OSV: Flarum < 1.8.16 Password Reset Token Expiry Bypass via POST /reset

Possible impact

Source describes remote exposure · authenticated boundary. Possible impact: This critical severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for remote exposure · authenticated boundary.

Affected context

Affected product or version requires source confirmation.

Remediation / advisory

Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory.

Why it matters

Source describes remote exposure · authenticated boundary. Possible impact: This critical severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for remote exposure · authenticated boundary.; CVSS 9.2 (CRITICAL); EPSS percentile 18; not listed in KEV; Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory; sources: NVD, OSV.

What to verify

Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.

Exposure hint

remote exposure

Impact tags

remote exposure relevantauthenticated boundary review

Urgency reasons

CVSS CRITICALvendor advisory presentrecent update

Source-derived note

Summary derived from NVD / OSV description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.

Redaction metadata

source summary used
True
fallback summary used
False
unsafe procedural detail present
false
raw source displayed
false
public summary redacted
true

Remediation handoff

Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.

Safety note

This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.

Official references