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None · 0.0 CVE-2025-6597 EUVD-2025-206627

MediaWiki should not consider autocreation as login for the purposes of security reauthentication

Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Mar 3, 2026 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation

Description

Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/auth/AuthManager.Php.

This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki < 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2, 1.44.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 mediawiki 1:1.43.3+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 mediawiki 1:1.43.3+dfsg-1 —
Debian 12 mediawiki 1:1.39.13-1~deb12u1 DSA-5957-1
Debian 11 mediawiki 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u4 DLA-4249-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS mediawiki No fix yet —

Advisories 3

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