CVE-2026-44986
Auth/token flaws in Penpot allow account takeover of non-blocked profiles.
Is CVE-2026-44986 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-44986 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 0.52% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-44986?
CVE-2026-44986 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.9. 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-2026-44986?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-44986. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-44986 affect?
CVE-2026-44986 affects Penpot < 2.14.5, Self-hosted Penpot instances, Unpatched Penpot cloud deployments. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-44986?
Upgrade to Penpot 2.14.5; revoke pending invitations; invalidate sessions; audit accounts.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Account takeover: registered users can assume other non-blocked profiles via leaked invitation tokens and auth flow issuing sessions without password verification.
Immediate action required
- affected< 2.14.5
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.