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CVE-2026-22706 — @strapi/admin

CVE-2026-22706 is a CWE-613 vulnerability in @strapi/admin. A fix is available for @strapi/admin — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Strapi: Password Reset Does Not Revoke Existing Refresh Sessions

Also known asGHSA-hvp3-26wx-g2w4
Published
May 14, 2026
Updated
Aug 12, 2026
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 24, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-22706.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs25th percentile — riskier than 25% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

17other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
@strapi/adminnpm
164Kdownloads / week
@strapi/plugin-users-permissionsnpm
132Kdownloads / week

Description

Summary of CVE-2026-22706 Vulnerability Details

  • CVE: CVE-2026-22706
  • CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N (2.1 — Low)
  • Affected Versions: @strapi/admin and @strapi/plugin-users-permissions <=5.33.2
  • How to Patch: Immediately update your Strapi to >=5.33.3

Description of CVE-2026-22706

In Strapi versions prior to 5.33.3, changing or resetting a user's password did not invalidate the user's existing refresh-token sessions by default. The refresh-token invalidation step in the users-permissions and admin authentication controllers was conditional on a caller-supplied deviceId. When a password change or reset request did not include a deviceId, no refresh tokens were revoked, leaving every prior session active.

An attacker who had previously obtained a refresh token could continue minting new access tokens after the legitimate user reset their password, allowing persistent unauthorized access for the lifetime of the refresh token (up to 30 days by default). Rotating credentials no longer terminated an active attacker session, defeating password reset as a containment measure.

The patch invalidates all refresh tokens associated with the user on every password change and password reset, regardless of whether a deviceId is supplied. A new device-scoped session is then issued to the caller as part of the response.

IoC's for CVE-2026-22706

Indicators that an instance running an unpatched version may have been exploited:

  • Successful POST /api/auth/refresh or POST /admin/access-token requests using a refresh token issued before the user's most recent password change. Reviewable by correlating refresh-token iat claims against password-change events in audit logs
  • New access-token issuances for a user whose password was reset within the past 30 days, originating from an IP or User-Agent that did not perform the reset
  • Multiple active refresh tokens for a single user across distinct IPs after a password reset event
  • Database query: rows in strapi_session with created_at earlier than the user's most recent password-reset timestamp and status = 'active'

References

  • OWASP ASVS 4.0 – V2.1.1: Session invalidation on credential change
  • OWASP Top 10 – A2: Broken Authentication

Credits

  • bugbunny.ai
  • AndyAnh174 (concurrent report, 2026-04-09 — originally filed as GHSA-c6gj-8rxm-jrf2, closed as duplicate)
  • Aastha2602 (concurrent report, 2026-03-10 — originally filed as GHSA-5qvg-4jch-gvf4, closed as duplicate)

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npm@strapi/adminall versions5.33.3npm install @strapi/admin@5.33.3
📦npm@strapi/plugin-users-permissionsall versions5.33.3npm install @strapi/plugin-users-permissions@5.33.3

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for @strapi/admin, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update @strapi/admin to 5.33.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-22706 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2026-22706 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to CVE-2026-22706. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Summary of CVE-2026-22706 Vulnerability Details - CVE: CVE-2026-22706 - CVSS v3.1 Vector: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N` (2.1 — Low) - Affected Versions: `@strapi/admin` and `@strapi/plugin-users-permissions` <=5.33.2 - How to Patch: Immediately update your Strapi to >=5.33.3 ### Description of CVE-2026-22706 In Strapi versions prior to 5.33.3, changing or resetting a user's password did not invalidate the user's existing refresh-token sessions by default. The refresh-token invalidation step in the users-permissions and admin authentication controllers
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