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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 24, 2026· Updated Feb 28, 2026

Craft CMS's race condition in Token Service potentially allows for token usage greater than the token limit

CVE-2026-27128

Description

Craft is a content management system (CMS). In versions 4.5.0-RC1 through 4.16.18 and 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.8.22, a Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in Craft CMS’s token validation service for tokens that explicitly set a limited usage. The getTokenRoute() method reads a token’s usage count, checks if it’s within limits, then updates the database in separate non-atomic operations. By sending concurrent requests, an attacker can use a single-use impersonation token multiple times before the database update completes. To make this work, an attacker needs to obtain a valid user account impersonation URL with a non-expired token via some other means and exploit a race condition while bypassing any rate-limiting rules in place. For this to be a privilege escalation, the impersonation URL must include a token for a user account with more permissions than the current user. Versions 4.16.19 and 5.8.23 patch the issue.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
craftcms/cmsPackagist
>= 4.5.0-RC1, < 4.16.194.16.19
craftcms/cmsPackagist
>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.8.235.8.23

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