CVE-2024-47070

authentik is an open-source identity provider. A vulnerability that exists in versions prior to 2024.8.3 and 2024.6.5 allows bypassing password login by adding X-Forwarded-For header with an unparsable IP address, e.g. `a`. This results in a possibility of logging into any account with a known login or email address. The vulnerability requires the authentik instance to trust X-Forwarded-For header provided by the attacker, thus it is not reproducible from external hosts on a properly configured environment. The issue occurs due to the password stage having a policy bound to it, which skips the password stage if the Identification stage is setup to also contain a password stage. Due to the invalid X-Forwarded-For header, which does not get validated to be an IP Address early enough, the exception happens later and the policy fails. The default blueprint doesn't correctly set `failure_result` to `True` on the policy binding meaning that due to this exception the policy returns false and the password stage is skipped. Versions 2024.8.3 and 2024.6.5 fix this issue.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Aug 2025, 19:28

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Goauthentik
Goauthentik authentik
References () https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/78f7b04d5a62b2a9d4316282a713c2c7857dbe29 - () https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/78f7b04d5a62b2a9d4316282a713c2c7857dbe29 - Patch
References () https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/dd8f809161e738b25765797eb2a5c77a7d3fc2cf - () https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/dd8f809161e738b25765797eb2a5c77a7d3fc2cf - Patch
References () https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-7jxf-mmg9-9hg7 - () https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-7jxf-mmg9-9hg7 - Vendor Advisory

27 Sep 2024, 16:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-09-27 16:15

Updated : 2025-08-21 19:28


NVD link : CVE-2024-47070

Mitre link : CVE-2024-47070

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-47070


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Products Affected

goauthentik

  • authentik
CWE
CWE-287

Improper Authentication