Description

Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-21T10:04:02.525Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-21T13:20:23.515Z

Source :

TYPO3
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-6553 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Typo3
  • Typo3
REFERENCES

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https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291 cve-icon cve-icon
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005 cve-icon cve-icon
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