CVE-2024-38371
Insufficient access control for OAuth2 Device Code flow in authentik
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
authentik is an open-source Identity Provider. Access restrictions assigned to an application were not checked when using the OAuth2 Device code flow. This could potentially allow users without the correct authorization to get OAuth tokens for an application and access it. This issue has been patched in version(s) 2024.6.0, 2024.2.4 and 2024.4.3.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.58% · top 52% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 2024.6.0
- affected < 2024.4.3
- affected < 2024.2.4
References (4)
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-jq3m-37m7-gp45 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.2.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.4.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2024.6.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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