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CVE-2026-55210

7.4 HIGHpublic exploit available

Published 2026-09-21 · Updated 2026-09-21

AI risk analysis

Summary
The flaw allows an attacker to gain access to a local user's Joplin account by exploiting SAML authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized access or modifications of notes and settings.
Exploitability
Exploitation requires control over an IdP session asserting a local user’s email, making it moderately difficult but feasible in mixed authentication deployments.
Blast radius
If exploited, the impact is high as it can lead to full access to sensitive data and configurations of affected users without needing their password.
Prioritized remediation
Update Joplin Server to version 3.7.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
auth-bypasssamlwebappnote-taking

Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD description

Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. Prior to 3.7.2, Joplin Server's UserModel.ssoLogin() returns an existing account matched by an IdP-asserted email without checking the account's is_external flag. In deployments using mixed local and SAML authentication, an attacker whose IdP session can assert a local user's email can pass POST /api/saml, receive a session for that local account, and access or modify the victim's notes, files, and settings without knowing the local password. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.2.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-290

Public exploit & PoC references

All references

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