Account TakeOver Due to Improper Handling of JWT Tokens in usememos/memos

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2023-4696 · GHSA-j2gj-g3p9-7mrr · GO-2023-2038 · Published 01/09/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-4696 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting github.com/usememos/memos, memos (usememos).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.13.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/usememos/memos Go	`< 0.13.2`	`0.13.2`
memos usememos	`< 0.13.2`	`0.13.2`

Description

Improper Access Control in GitHub repository usememos/memos prior to 0.13.2. As of commit c9aa2eeb9 access tokens which fail validation are rejected.

NVD description

Improper Access Control in GitHub repository usememos/memos prior to 0.13.2.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4696 · ADVISORY
usememos/memos commit c9aa2ee · WEB
huntr.dev/bounties/4747a485-77c3-4bb5-aab0-21253ef303ca · WEB
GitHub Advisory GHSA-j2gj-g3p9-7mrr · ADVISORY

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

github.com/usememos/memos

< 0.13.2

0.13.2

memos

usememos

< 0.13.2

0.13.2

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