{"id":"CVE-2026-72917","title":"AnythingLLM is an application that turns pieces of content into context that any LLM can use as references during chatting","summary":"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.…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-180","CWE-287"],"published":"2026-08-10","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T20:09:01.757","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72917","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/commit/61766d06b77b903f66dc4afd8dffb3a39012db14","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/security/advisories/GHSA-vv8w-wg6r-hq56","label":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00347,"epssPercentile":0.25472,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-18T20:51:25.598Z","slug":"CVE-2026-72917","body":"## Overview\n\nAnythingLLM 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":33,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":32.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}