Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-44986Penpot: Pre-authenticated account takeover via team-invitation token + prepare-register-profile

Critical 9.9

In plain English

A critical-severity improper authentication in penpot from penpot. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.9Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
penpot	penpot	< 2.14.5

Weakness: CWE-287, CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/penpot/penpot/security/advisories/GHSA-4937-35vc-hqjj x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/penpot/penpot/pull/9380 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/penpot/penpot/commit/9e681260ccc4feb6c564ff0773fb9594b462c574 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/penpot/penpot/releases/tag/2.14.5 x_refsource_MISC