# CVE-2026-73476: External Authentication - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2026-098

> Attackers can bypass authentication via case sensitivity flaws in the Drupal External Authentication module, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2026-098, GHSA-85hq-q7c6-7j82

## What is CVE-2026-73476?

CVE-2026-73476 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Drupal External Authentication, published on 2 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Drupal External Authentication allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects External Authentication versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.0.13.

Weakness: CWE-178 (Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-73476?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `drupal/externalauth` | Packagist:https://packages.drupal.org/8 | All versions | 2.0.13 |

Products: External Authentication Project External Authentication.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-73476?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-73476 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73476 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-73476 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-73476 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Drupal External Authentication, published on 2 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-73476 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Drupal External Authentication. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73476/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73476/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73476
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73476
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-73476

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-73476/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.