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title: "CVE-2026-63472: Vendure - Broken Access Control"
description: "Vendure < 3.7.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by ExternalAuthenticationService.createCustomerAndUser attaching unverified external authentication methods to existing users, letting attackers bind identities to victim accounts and access personal data, exploit requires custom external authentication strategy that does not verify email ownership."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-63472/
---

# CVE-2026-63472 Vendure - Broken Access Control

Vendure < 3.7.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by ExternalAuthenticationService.createCustomerAndUser attaching unverified external authentication methods to existing users, letting attackers bind identities to victim accounts and access personal data, exploit requires custom external authentication strategy that does not verify email ownership.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.59% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63472)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

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

Published

17 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 3.7.0 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63472](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63472)
- [https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/commit/3bb04718ea4f9395fda731bd2a4bcfc3afb0a485](https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/commit/3bb04718ea4f9395fda731bd2a4bcfc3afb0a485)
- [https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/releases/tag/v3.7.0](https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/releases/tag/v3.7.0)
- [https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/security/advisories/GHSA-6j36-r6pr-59x4](https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/security/advisories/GHSA-6j36-r6pr-59x4)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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