CVE-2026-32700
March 18, 2026
Devise is an authentication solution for Rails based on Warden. Prior to version 5.0.3, a race condition in Devise's Confirmable module allows an attacker to confirm an email address they do not own. This affects any Devise application using the "reconfirmable" option (the default when using Confirmable with email changes). By sending two concurrent email change requests, an attacker can desynchronize the "confirmation_token" and "unconfirmed_email" fields. The confirmation token is sent to an email the attacker controls, but the "unconfirmed_email" in the database points to a victim's email address. When the attacker uses the token, the victim's email is confirmed on the attacker's account. This is patched in Devise v5.0.3. Users should upgrade as soon as possible. As a workaround, applications can override a specific method from Devise models to force "unconfirmed_email" to be persisted when unchanged. Note that Mongoid does not seem to respect that "will_change!" should force the attribute to be persisted, even if it did not really change, so the user might have to implement a workaround similar to Devise by setting "changed_attributes["unconfirmed_email"] = nil" as well.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/heartcombo/devise.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.7.5 <v5.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v5.0.3devise (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <5.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.0.3Related Resources (6)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02