Account takeover in Plane via unverified OAuth email matching
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Plane by makeplane before 1.4.0 trusts email addresses returned by Gitea OAuth and by self-managed GitLab OAuth when email confirmation is disabled, without checking that the provider verified them. An attacker who sets an OAuth identity's unverified email to a victim's address is matched to the victim's existing local account and can log in without the victim's password. GitHub, GitLab.com and Google are not affected because they return verified email addresses.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Plane is an open-source project management tool. Prior to 1.4.0, Plane trusts email addresses returned by Gitea OAuth and by self-managed GitLab OAuth deployments where email confirmation is disabled, without verifying that the provider authenticated ownership of the address. An attacker can set an OAuth identity's unverified provider email to a victim's address, which Plane matches directly to the victim's existing local account. The attacker can then log in to the victim's Plane account without knowing the victim's password. GitHub, GitLab.com, and Google are not affected because those providers return verified email addresses. This issue is fixed in 1.4.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade Plane to version 1.4.0, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA plane (makeplane) Fixed in 1.4.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105640
References
More makeplane vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-67866 Hardcoded secret keys in Plane community deployments CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-67863 Plane magic-code login lacks rate limiting, allowing OTP brute force CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-32097 Plane allows server side request forgery via /_next/image endpoint CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-67862 Cross-project asset hijacking in Plane allows file takeover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-67861 Server-side request forgery in Plane webhook delivery via redirects CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-67857 Broken access control in Plane lets members self-join private projects CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
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