# CVE-2026-63472: Vendure: External-authentication account takeover: external login linked to a pre-existing account by email without verification

- Also known as: GHSA-6J36-R6PR-59X4
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.7.0
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- vendurehq vendure: fixed in 3.7.0
- @vendure/core (npm): fixed in 3.7.0

## Description

Vendure is an open-source headless commerce platform. Prior to 3.7.0, ExternalAuthenticationService.createCustomerAndUser in packages/core/src/service/helpers/external-authentication/external-authentication.service.ts selects an existing customer user by emailAddress and attaches a newly presented ExternalAuthenticationMethod without requiring verified to be true. In deployments with a custom external AuthenticationStrategy that forwards an email whose ownership the provider has not verified, an attacker can authenticate with a victim's email and bind the attacker's external identity to the victim's existing account. This can expose orders, addresses, and personal information and permit account changes or orders as the victim. Native-only email and password deployments and external strategies that always require provider-verified email ownership are unaffected, and new-account creation for an unused email remains permitted. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vendurehq vendure, @vendure/core, upgrade to a fixed version (3.7.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/security/advisories/GHSA-6j36-r6pr-59x4
- https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/commit/3bb04718ea4f9395fda731bd2a4bcfc3afb0a485
- https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/releases/tag/v3.7.0

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