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GHSA-6fx5-5cw5-4897

Craft CMS Race condition in Token Service potentially allows for token usage greater than the token limit

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2026-27128

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Packagist craftcms/cms >= 4.5.0-RC1, < 4.16.19 4.16.19
Packagist craftcms/cms >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.8.23 5.8.23

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

A Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in Craft CMS’s token validation service for tokens that explicitly set a limited usage. The `getTokenRoute()` method reads a token’s usage count, checks if it’s within limits, then updates the database in separate non-atomic operations. By sending concurrent requests, an attacker can use a single-use impersonation token multiple times before the database update completes. To make this work, an attacker needs to obtain a valid user account impersonation URL with a non-expired token via some other means and exploit a race condition while bypassing any rate-limiting rules in place. For this to be a privilege escalation, the impersonation URL must include a token for a user account with more permissions than the current user. ## References https://github.com/craftcms/cms/commit/3e4afe18279951c024c64896aa2b93cda6d95fdf

References

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