Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-44400

HighPublic PoCUpdated

Published: 08 May 2026

Published
08 May 2026
Modified
01 June 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0035 26.9th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-44400 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Mailenable Mailenable. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 26.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

MailEnable Enterprise Premium 10.55 and earlier contains an improper authorization vulnerability in the WebAdmin mobile portal that allows attackers to bypass authentication checks by reusing AuthenticationToken cookies generated for low-privileged users. Attackers can obtain a token from the WebMail login…

more

endpoint using the PersistentLogin parameter and replay it against the WebAdmin portal to perform highly privileged administrative actions.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1078 Valid Accounts Stealth
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
Why these techniques?

Auth bypass via token replay on public web admin portal directly enables T1190 (public-facing app exploitation) and T1078 (valid account/session abuse).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-25197Shared CWE-639
CVE-2026-8890Shared CWE-639
CVE-2025-14998Shared CWE-639
CVE-2024-11284Shared CWE-639
CVE-2026-4208Shared CWE-639
CVE-2024-11285Shared CWE-639
CVE-2026-41471Shared CWE-639
CVE-2023-36331Shared CWE-639
CVE-2026-33297Shared CWE-639
CVE-2026-41084Shared CWE-639

Affected Assets

mailenable
mailenable
≤ 10.56

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References