CVE-2026-44986General

LOWCVSS 9.9 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Penpot is an open-source design tool for design and code collaboration. Prior to 2.14.5, Penpot exposed teams_invitations.clj invitation tokens from create-team-invitations, embedded an existing profile id in auth.clj prepare-register-profile, and had auth.clj register-profile issue a session based on the invitation email match without password verification, allowing a registered user to take over any non-blocked profile. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.5.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-287CWE-639

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-07-16: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-07-16: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-16: 207-16
Signal classification2 categories
General
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • Hugo | DevOps | Cybersecurity 🇱🇻@HugoValters
    Patch

    CVE-2026-44986 - Critical Auth Bypass in Penpot. CVSS 9.9. Attackers can hijack any non-blocked account. Update to 2.14.5 immediately. #CVE #infosec #Penpot #devops #devsecops #sysadmin #developers

    Post summary

    Penpot's authentication bypass (CVE-2026-44986) has a CVSS of 9.9 and allows account hijacking; users are urged to upgrade to v2.14.5. No PoC, exploit, or active exploitation details are provided.

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  • Hugo | DevOps | Cybersecurity 🇱🇻@HugoValters
    General

    https://www.valtersit.com/cve/CVE-2026-44986

    Post summary

    The page presents a standard CVE entry with technical details but does not mention exploits, active usage, or remediation steps.

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