What is CVE-2026-71244?

CVE-2026-71244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paperless-Ngx, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-71244?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SSRF in Paperless-Ngx

CVE-2026-71244

Paperless-ngx's MailAccountViewSet.test action, when called with an existing account's ID and a masked password field, reuses the stored password, account_type, refresh_token, and expiration from that existing account while allowing the caller to supply a different imap_server, imap_port, and imap_security in the same request.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Paperless-ngx — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-71244?: CVE-2026-71244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paperless-Ngx, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-71244?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.