Incorrect JWT validation in Apache OFBiz enables account takeover
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 incorrectly validates JWTs in its password-reset and login flows (CWE-303). An attacker who obtains a user's password-reset token, for example through email interception or log exposure, can use it at login instead of the password-change flow and get a full session. If the targeted account is an administrator, the attacker gains administrative access.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm in the password-reset and login JWT validation in Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08 on all platforms allows an attacker who has obtained a user's password-reset token (via email interception, log exposure, or a man-in-the-middle on the mail transport) to authenticate as that user and obtain a full, unrestricted session, including administrative access if the targeted account is an administrator, by submitting the token directly to the login endpoint instead of the intended password-change flow. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade Apache OFBiz to version 24.09.08, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Apache OFBiz (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 24.09.08
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Apache OFBiz — lists.apache.org/thread.html/7b2syzksp7klt9fvhdg0olldvs2g83…
46 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 39 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-85437 Code injection in Apache OFBiz lets unauthenticated attackers run codePriority MEDIUM 51
- TI-2026-85431 Authentication bypass in Apache OFBiz through reusable login keysPriority MEDIUM 50
- TI-2026-85438 Incorrect authorization in Apache OFBiz lets attackers run commandsPriority MEDIUM 42
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109928
- 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-5356-63f9-vf84
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More Apache vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-18529 Apache Tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-30292 Apache OFBiz: Confused controller-view authorization logic (forced browsing) KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-26062 Apache OFBiz: Unauthenticated endpoint could allow execution of screen rendering code KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-21190 Apache OFBiz: Path traversal leading to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-18186 Apache HugeGraph-Server: Command execution in gremlin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-25106 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache ActiveMQ KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-109928 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109928 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5356-63f9-vf84 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-109928 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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