CVE-2024-37905
HIGH8.8EPSS 1.6%Improper Access Control and Incorrect Authorization in github.com/goauthentik/authentik
Published: 4/16/2026Modified: 4/17/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Bitnami/authentikfrom 0, < 2024.6.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (5)
- WEBhttps://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.2.4
- WEBhttps://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.4.3
- WEBhttps://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.6.0
- WEBhttps://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-c78c-2r9w-p7x4
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37905