Account takeover in Pingvin Share X via OAuth email linking
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Pingvin Share X from 0.19.0 before 1.22.0 contains an improper authentication flaw in automatic OAuth email linking in OAuthService.signUp(). A remote unauthenticated attacker can register a victim's unverified email on an enabled OAuth or OIDC provider and sign in as that victim, including administrators, while bypassing TOTP. The GenericOidcProvider does not check email_verified (CWE-287).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Pingvin Share X from 0.19.0 before 1.22.0 contains an improper authentication vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to take over accounts by abusing automatic OAuth email linking in OAuthService.signUp(). Attackers can register a victim's unverified email on an enabled OAuth/OIDC provider, exploiting the missing email_verified check in GenericOidcProvider, to sign in as the victim including administrators while bypassing TOTP.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 smp46 pingvin-share-x to version 1.22.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA pingvin-share-x (smp46) Fixed in 1.22.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-108157
References
More smp46 vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-32175 Pingvin Share X: TOTP Authentication Bypass via Password-only Login CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-36622 TOTP enrollment hijack: password gate skipped due to unawaited promise CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-70530 Rate limit bypass in Pingvin Share X via spoofed X-Forwarded-For CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-70531 Ineffective authentication rate limiting in Pingvin Share X CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
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