{"id":"CVE-2026-72917","aliases":["EUVD-2026-55845","GHSA-vv8w-wg6r-hq56"],"status":"published","title":"AnythingLLM: Password recovery accepts one recovery code twice after whitespace normalization","description":"AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. From 1.0.0 to 1.15.0, AnythingLLM's unauthenticated account-recovery flow in server/utils/PasswordRecovery/index.js uses recoverAccount() to deduplicate the raw recoveryCodes values before trimming them, so one valid code submitted twice with different surrounding whitespace can satisfy the two-code check. Each normalized value can also match the same stored hash instead of consuming a distinct hash. An attacker who knows the target username and one recovery code can call POST /api/system/recover-account in multi-user mode, receive a password-reset token, and use POST /api/system/reset-password to take over the account, including an administrator account.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00347,"percentile":0.28675,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-180","CWE-287"],"published":"2026-08-10T21:35:33Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:57Z","products":[{"vendor":"mintplex-labs","product":"anything-llm"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/security/advisories/GHSA-vv8w-wg6r-hq56","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/commit/61766d06b77b903f66dc4afd8dffb3a39012db14","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72917.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72917","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-72917","title":"AnythingLLM: Password recovery accepts one recovery code twice after whitespace normalization","description":"AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. 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An attacker who knows the target username and one recovery code can call POST /api/system/recover-account in multi-user mode, receive a password-reset token, and use POST /api/system/reset-password to take over the account, including an administrator account.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-10T21:35:33.872Z","modified":"2026-08-12T22:14:18.603Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-180","CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:52.016971Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-55845","description":"AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. 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An attacker who knows the target username and one recovery code can call POST /api/system/recover-account in multi-user mode, receive a password-reset token, and use POST /api/system/reset-password to take over the account, including an administrator account.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-10T21:35:33Z","modified":"2026-08-12T22:14:18Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:57.602969Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-72917","description":"AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. From 1.0.0 to 1.15.0, AnythingLLM's unauthenticated account-recovery flow in server/utils/PasswordRecovery/index.js uses recoverAccount() to deduplicate the raw recoveryCodes values before trimming them, so one valid code submitted twice with different surrounding whitespace can satisfy the two-code check. Each normalized value can also match the same stored hash instead of consuming a distinct hash. An attacker who knows the target username and one recovery code can call POST /api/system/recover-account in multi-user mode, receive a password-reset token, and use POST /api/system/reset-password to take over the account, including an administrator account.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-10T22:17:10.66Z","modified":"2026-10-24T15:10:00.19Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-180","CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:36.102748Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-72917","title":"AnythingLLM: Password recovery accepts one recovery code twice after whitespace normalization","description":"AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. 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