# CVE-2026-6553

> Vulnerability · severity: **HIGH** (CVSS 7.5).

## Description

Changing backend users' passwords via the user settings module results in storing the cleartext password in the uc and user_settings fields of the be_users database table. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS version 14.2.0.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-6553
- **Published:** 2026-04-21
- **CVSS severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS base score:** 7.5
- **CWE codes:** CWE-312

## Affected products

- `typo3:typo3`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6553

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-6553. Retrieved 2026-07-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-6553. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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