CVE-2026-97737

Description

In Wakapi before 2.17.6, the user caching service allows a lookup to be resolved in an unintended lookup context, leading to account takeover.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): mitre
CVSS severity: HIGH
CVSS score: 7.4 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Effective score: 7.4 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-843
Reserved: 2026-09-25
Published: 2026-09-25 04:08 UTC
Last updated: 2026-09-25 15:27 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/97xxx/CVE-2026-97737.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2026-97737 — CVE-2026-97737

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NVD published: 2026-09-25 05:17:07 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-09-25 16:17:31 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 7.4 / 10 HIGH source: cve@mitre.org
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploitability subscore: 2.2 / 10
Impact subscore: 5.2 / 10
EPSS score: 0.0027 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 16.74% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-09-25

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
muety	Wakapi	`0` (affected)	—

Vendor references (3)

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NVD-tagged references (3)

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https://github.com/muety/wakapi/commit/ce91eac2c2d9b29a00873554d2ecef76f10b9087 cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/muety/wakapi/releases/tag/2.17.6 cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/muety/wakapi/security/advisories/GHSA-x48w-3rq3-w2pq cve@mitre.org

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The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-97737.json.

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