CVE-2026-15689
Host header password-reset poisoning in Dancer2 Auth plugin enables account takeover.
Is CVE-2026-15689 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-15689 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.61% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-15689?
CVE-2026-15689 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-15689?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-15689, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-15689 affect?
CVE-2026-15689 affects Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::Extensible <= 0.713 (Perl), Web apps using default reset_password_handler or default welcome email. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-15689?
Set uri_base to a trusted host or apply vendor patch; validate/strip Host and X-Forwarded-Host headers.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attacker can poison Host/X-Forwarded-Host in reset/welcome emails to receive valid reset codes and takeover user accounts.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 0.713
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.