CVE-2026-75575

Rocket.Chat Missing DDP Rate Limit on the sendForgotPasswordEmail Meteor Method

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 25, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC
Updated: October 12, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChat Rocket Chat

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Rocket.Chat exposes the sendForgotPasswordEmail Meteor method without a DDP rate limit, so an unauthenticated caller may invoke it as often as it likes. The method is reachable over DDP and over the HTTP route POST /api/v1/method.callAnon/sendForgotPasswordEmail, and it triggers a password reset message for any address that matches an account. With no DDPRateLimiter rule registered for it, a caller can drive an unbounded volume of reset mail at a chosen address from the deployment's own mail sender, and can probe addresses at scale: the method answers true for an address with no account and for a successful send, but false when the address belongs to an account that authenticates through an external provider and Accounts_AllowPasswordChangeForOAuthUsers is off, so repeated calls distinguish that class of account. Later versions register a rule permitting ten calls per minute per client address.

Affected

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

0 ≤ v < 7.10.158.0.0 ≤ v < 8.1.88.2.0 ≤ v < 8.2.88.3.0 ≤ v < 8.3.88.4.0 ≤ v < 8.4.68.5.0 ≤ v < 8.5.38.6.0 ≤ v < 8.6.28.7.0 ≤ v < 8.7.28.8.0-rc.0 ≤ v < 8.8.008.0.08.2.08.3.08.4.08.5.08.6.08.7.08.8.0-rc.0
Affected range stops below 7.10.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.1.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.3.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.5.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-307CWE-204

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