CVE-2024-37905 (GCVE-0-2024-37905)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-28 17:09 – Updated: 2024-08-02 04:04
VLAI
Title
Improper Access Control and Incorrect Authorization in github.com/goauthentik/authentik
Summary
authentik is an open-source Identity Provider that emphasizes flexibility and versatility. Authentik API-Access-Token mechanism can be exploited to gain admin user privileges. A successful exploit of the issue will result in a user gaining full admin access to the Authentik application, including resetting user passwords and more. This issue has been patched in version(s) 2024.2.4, 2024.4.2 and 2024.6.0.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| goauthentik | authentik |
Affected:
< 2024.6.0
Affected: < 2024.4.2 Affected: < 2024.2.4 |
|
| goauthentik | authentik |
Affected:
0 , < 2024.6.0
(custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2024.4.2 (custom) Affected: 0 , < 2024.2.4 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Nomenclature
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