Authenticated email verification forgery via field desynchronization
Published Mar 18, 2026 · Updated Mar 18, 2026
Race condition in Devise before 5.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to confirm a victim's email on an attacker-controlled account. Confirmable omits a same-value unconfirmed_email from one concurrent SQL update while writing confirmation_token, desynchronizing the fields. The attack requires two concurrent email-change requests and reconfirmable, the default for Confirmable email changes; it creates a false verified-email binding without directly disclosing data or interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in Devise before 5.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to confirm a victim's email on an attacker-controlled account. Confirmable omits a same-value unconfirmed_email from one concurrent SQL update while writing confirmation_token, desynchronizing the fields. The attack requires two concurrent email-change requests and reconfirmable, the default for Confirmable email changes; it creates a false verified-email binding without directly disclosing data or interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32700
- Published
- Mar 18, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 18, 2026
- Vendor
- heartcombo
- Product
- Devise
- Classifications
- CWE-362
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 5.0.3
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Devise Confirmable concurrent email-change test caseproof of concept · demonstrated
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