CVE-2026-88952
OAuth2 sign-in attached to an existing account without an email comparison in AshAuthentication
02 Description
OAuth2 sign-in attached to an existing account without an email comparison in AshAuthentication
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-18.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-17 14:15Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-17 19:32Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-16
- Assigning CNA
- EEF
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7b8d2e2192c99e56ca94743a4c5f313c73601c75f1fc624305ee81e777f92329
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comGitHub Advisoryhttps://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-wc6x-276q-jrf9
- cna.erlef.orgEEF CNA record for CVE-2026-88952https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-88952.html
- osv.devOSV record EEF-CVE-2026-88952https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-88952
- github.comIntroducing commit 6453064 in team-alembic/ash_authenticationhttps://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/64530644f9b37ebb76ca14aeb83a77597a0034b7
- github.comIntroducing commit 42edcd8 in team-alembic/ash_authenticationhttps://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/42edcd8ebb13fafbb168f12591d7518ce0611fec
- github.comFix commit 738bf9f in team-alembic/ash_authenticationhttps://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/738bf9f32f2aa0d1bb92ce9ca5c2476cb5710459
- github.comFix commit 2bd630e in team-alembic/ash_authenticationhttps://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/2bd630eef8b7c8ae1e90e8fd43ba12fbc7e256ba
07 Remediation
Upgrading prevents new links but does not unpick existing ones. An account already linked through this path stays linked, and a victim's email may already have been rewritten to the attacker's address. Operators whose register action or sign-in action matched on anything other than the email should review their UserIdentity rows for links whose provider email does not match the linked account's email, and check affected accounts for a rewritten email address.