Hi everyone, I’m building a flow in my app where authenticated users can change their password directly from the UI without needing to go through an email link. Setup & Goal My users are in a “Username-Password-Authentication” database connection. I’m using a custom backend (NestJS) with M2M Auth…

Hi @ines.s Welcome to the Auth0 Community! As long as the M2M credentials and the endpoint is not exposed without unnecessary scopes, the approach you have described seems to be safe. I would highly recommend to review our documentation regarding common issues with the Resource Owner Password Flow .…

Changing User Password with Resource Owner Password Flow – Is It Safe or Should?

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