Kavita: Pre-Auth Account Takeover

published 2026-05-26 5 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-31938

cvss: 9.3; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

Kavita is a cross platform reading server. Prior to 0.9.0.2, an Improper Token validation flaw permits a remote and unauthenticated threat actor to request a JWT for any user including admins given knowledge of their username. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

kavitareader kavita 0.9.0.2

github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases/tag/v0.9.0.2 release

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-05-27)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

Kareadita Kavita

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CWE-697 Incorrect Comparison

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-47202
NVD CVE-2026-47202

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary