CVE-2026-104084

high

Description

SmarterMail before build 9777 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where JWT access and refresh tokens embed a role claim at issuance that is not revalidated against the account's current role when redeemed through POST /api/v1/auth/refresh-token. Attackers who capture a refresh token issued before an administrator demotion, or a demoted user whose session was not actively polling at the time of demotion, can replay the stale token to obtain a new access token retaining the higher-privilege role (such as DomainAdmin or SysAdmin) until natural token expiry.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smartermail-build-9777-stale-jwt-role-claim-privilege-escalation-via-refresh-token

https://www.smartertools.com/smartermail/release-notes/current#/9526:~:text=Build%209777%20(Oct%208%2C%202026)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-95890

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-09

Updated: 2026-10-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High