Forem is open source software for building communities. Prior to commit a2ab6d4, a maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain allowlist or denylist restrictions and gain access to invite-only forem deployments. The issue is patched as of `a2ab6d4`. As a workaround, some SMTP servers and email delivery providers may drop or refuse to send maliciously crafted email addresses.

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Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Forem
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Description Forem is open source software for building communities. Prior to commit a2ab6d4, a maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain allowlist or denylist restrictions and gain access to invite-only forem deployments. The issue is patched as of `a2ab6d4`. As a workaround, some SMTP servers and email delivery providers may drop or refuse to send maliciously crafted email addresses.
Title Forem vulnerable to bypass of email address domain restrictions
Weaknesses CWE-287
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-16T14:10:27.047Z

Reserved: 2026-05-22T20:18:20.365Z

Link: CVE-2026-48780

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-16T15:16:41.640

Modified: 2026-06-16T15:46:16.230

Link: CVE-2026-48780

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Updated: 2026-06-16T16:30:16Z

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