# CVE-2026-6553: TYPO3 CMS Stores Cleartext Password in User Settings Module

- Also known as: GHSA-XVV6-P4WF-MVX7
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.3.0
- Published: 2026-04-21 · Updated: 2026-04-21

## Affected

- typo3/cms-backend: from 14.2.0, fixed in 14.3.0
- typo3/cms-backend (Packagist): from 14.2.0, fixed in 14.3.0

## Description

Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on typo3/cms-backend, upgrade to a fixed version (14.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-005
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/9a6e913f70767f63b322ae3e2d2f4e302624c291

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