CVE-2026-75136
UpSignOn < 7.19.0 Biometric Key Exposure via Windows PasswordVault
UpSignOn for Windows before 7.19.0 contains an insecure credential storage vulnerability that allows local attackers to retrieve the biometric unlock key stored in the Windows PasswordVault API without triggering any authentication prompt. Attackers can access the stored biometric key from a standard local process within the same Windows session to decrypt the protected vault files and export the entire password manager contents in cleartext.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
UpSignOn < 7.19.0 Biometric Key Exposure via Windows PasswordVault
UpSignOn for Windows before 7.19.0 contains an insecure credential storage vulnerability that allows local attackers to retrieve the biometric unlock key stored in the Windows PasswordVault API without triggering any authentication prompt. Attackers can access the stored biometric key from a standard local process within the same Windows session to decrypt the protected vault files and export the entire password manager contents in cleartext.
- Record
CVE-2026-75136- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-70261
UpSignOn for Windows before 7.19.0 contains an insecure credential storage vulnerability that allows local attackers to retrieve the biometric unlock key stored in the Windows PasswordVault API without triggering any authentication prompt. Attackers can access the stored biometric key from a standard local process within the same Windows session to decrypt the protected vault files and export the entire password manager contents in cleartext.
- Record
EUVD-2026-70261- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9pfj-rxxp-9cf2
UpSignOn for Windows before 7.19.0 contains an insecure credential storage vulnerability that...
UpSignOn for Windows before 7.19.0 contains an insecure credential storage vulnerability that allows local attackers to retrieve the biometric unlock key stored in the Windows PasswordVault API without triggering any authentication prompt. Attackers can access the stored biometric key from a standard local process within the same Windows session to decrypt the protected vault files and export the entire password manager contents in cleartext.
- Record
GHSA-9pfj-rxxp-9cf2- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
UpSignOn for Windows before 7.19.0 contains an insecure credential storage vulnerability that allows local attackers to retrieve the biometric unlock key stored in the Windows PasswordVault API without triggering any authentication prompt. Attackers can access the stored biometric key from a standard local process within the same Windows session to decrypt the protected vault files and export the entire password manager contents in cleartext.
- Record
CVE-2026-75136- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-75136 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Septeo It Solutions Upsignon, published September 2, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.