CVE-2024-37905
highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (6)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-authentik-2024-37905Improper Access Control and Incorrect Authorization in github.com/goauthentik/authentik2026-04-16vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (15)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-37905cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-37905/cnnvd
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.2.4cnnvd
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.4.3cnnvd
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.6.0cnnvd
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-c78c-2r9w-p7x4cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37905cnnvd
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.2.4enisa_euvd
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