Security advisory
Wire is an open source secure messenger. In affected versions if the an attacker gets an old but valid access token they can take over an account by changing the email. This issue has been resolved in version 3.86 which uses a new endpoint which additionally requires an authentication cookie. See wire-ios-sync-engine and wire-ios-transport references. This is the root advisory that pulls the changes together.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-41093
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Wire is an open source secure messenger. In affected versions if the an attacker gets an old but valid access token they can take over an account by changing the email. This issue has been resolved in version 3.86 which uses a new endpoint which additionally requires an authentication cookie. See wire-ios-sync-engine and wire-ios-transport references. This is the root advisory that pulls the changes together.
osv:CVE-2021-41093
Complete source record
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