CVE-2026-73476 (GCVE-0-2026-73476)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-02 12:32 – Updated: 2026-09-02 12:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
External Authentication - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2026-098
Summary
Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Drupal External Authentication allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects External Authentication versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.0.13.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-178 - Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drupal | External Authentication |
Affected:
0.0.0 , < 2.0.13
(semver)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2026-08-12 17:56
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