CVE catalog
CVE-2026-6553
Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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 - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.17% · Oct 27, 2026
Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpe | typo3 | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | typo3 | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6553]
- [https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-1191.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)]