Critical severity · published Oct 12, 2026
CVE-2026-78357
Insufficient Session Revocation for JWT Authentication
9.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Previously issued authentication tokens are not immediately invalidated when an OTRS agent or customer user account is deactivated or its password is changed. As a result, an existing JWT may remain valid until its regular expiration time, which can be approximately 16 hours.
An attacker who has previously obtained a valid authentication token can therefore continue to access OTRS with the privileges of the affected agent or customer user even after the corresponding account has been deactivated or the user's password has been changed.
The vulnerability does not allow an attacker to obtain authentication tokens by itself. Exploitation requires possession of a previously issued and still valid token. The actual impact depends on the privileges associated with the compromised token. Customer user tokens are limited to the permissions of the affected customer account, while agent tokens may provide access to broader ticket, customer, or administrative functionality depending on the assigned permissions.
This issue affects OTRS:
* 7.0.X
* 8.0.X
* 2023.X
* 2024.X
* 2025.X
* 2026.X before 2026.7.X
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OT
OTRS · OTRS GmbH (former OTRS AG)
7.0.x; 8.0.x; 2023.x; 2024.x; 2025.x; 2026.x through 2026.6.x · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78357
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78357
otrs.com
https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2026-14/
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