Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting modoboa package, versions [,2.9.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-MODOBOA-17675603
  • published29 Jun 2026
  • disclosed29 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-56780  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade modoboa to version 2.9.0 or higher.

Overview

modoboa is a Mail hosting made simple

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the PUT /api/v1/accounts/{pk}/password/ endpoint. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to privileged accounts by bypassing object-level access controls and resetting passwords of higher-privileged users.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1