freescout-help-desk freescout up to 1.8.214 oauth-disconnect cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in freescout-help-desk freescout up to 1.8.214. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /mailbox/oauth-disconnect/. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-41194. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in freescout-help-desk freescout up to 1.8.214. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file /mailbox/oauth-disconnect/. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

FreeScout is a free self-hosted help desk and shared mailbox. Prior to version 1.8.215, the mailbox OAuth disconnect action is implemented as `GET /mailbox/oauth-disconnect/{id}/{in_out}/{provider}`. It removes stored OAuth metadata from the mailbox and then redirects. Because it is a GET route, no CSRF token is required and the action can be triggered cross-site against a logged-in mailbox admin. Version 1.8.215 fixes the vulnerability.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-41194 since 04/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.8.215 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch eb397efae2086524ba0ee91abb916de8db7a4ac1 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• freescout-help-desk

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• freescout

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• 1.8.214

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/

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