A password reset vulnerability has been discovered in Forcepoint Email Security 8.5.x.

published 2019-03-28 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-8338

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits: 0; none known

A password reset vulnerability has been discovered in Forcepoint Email Security 8.5.x. The password reset URL can be used after the intended expiration period or after the URL has already been used to reset a password.

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Exploit prediction

1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

seclists.org https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/23 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Forcepoint Forcepoint Email Security

Classification

Weakness

CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/23
exploit, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
help.forcepoint.com /security/CVE/CVE-2018-16529.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-16529
NVD CVE-2018-16529

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