CVE 8.2 HIGH

Forem vulnerable to bypass of email address domain restrictions_CVE-2026-48780

8.2 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Description

Forem is open source software for building communities. Prior to commit a2ab6d4, a maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain allowlist or denylist restrictions and gain access to invite-only forem deployments. The issue is patched as of `a2ab6d4`. As a workaround, some SMTP servers and email delivery providers may drop or refuse to send maliciously crafted email addresses.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-48780
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 16, 2026 at 14:10

Affected Product

Vendor forem
Product forem
Version < a2ab6d4
Affected Versions forem forem < a2ab6d4

CWE Classification

References

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