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CVE-2026-28514 Detail

Description

Rocket.Chat is an open-source, secure, fully customizable communications platform. Prior to versions 7.8.6, 7.9.8, 7.10.7, 7.11.4, 7.12.4, 7.13.3, and 8.0.0, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability exists in Rocket.Chat's account service used in the ddp-streamer micro service that allows an attacker to log in to the service as any user with a password set, using any arbitrary password. The vulnerability stems from a missing await keyword when calling an asynchronous password validation function, causing a Promise object (which is always truthy) to be evaluated instead of the actual boolean validation result. This may lead to account takeover of any user whose username is known or guessable. This issue has been patched in versions 7.8.6, 7.9.8, 7.10.7, 7.11.4, 7.12.4, 7.13.3, and 8.0.0.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 9.3 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/commit/7d89aae0b1bd08e82b02ceab4c180b430e2c6f07 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/37143 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/security/advisories/GHSA-w6vw-mrgv-69vf GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-287 Improper Authentication GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-28514
NVD Published Date:
03/06/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/06/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.