CVE-2026-55210

Joplin: SAML SSO account takeover via email-based account linking (missing is_external check in ssoLogin)

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 21, 2026 at 09:14 PM UTC
Updated: September 23, 2026 at 06:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorJoplin

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. Prior to 3.7.2, Joplin Server's UserModel.ssoLogin() returns an existing account matched by an IdP-asserted email without checking the account's is_external flag. In deployments using mixed local and SAML authentication, an attacker whose IdP session can assert a local user's email can pass POST /api/saml, receive a session for that local account, and access or modify the victim's notes, files, and settings without knowing the local password. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.7.2
Affected range stops below 3.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.4HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-290

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