High severity · published Aug 31, 2022
CVE-2022-36051
ZITADEL combines the ease of Auth0 and the versatility of Keycloak.**Actions**, introduced in ZITADEL **1.42.0** on the API and **1.56.0** for Console, is a feature, where users…
8.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ZITADEL combines the ease of Auth0 and the versatility of Keycloak.**Actions**, introduced in ZITADEL **1.42.0** on the API and **1.56.0** for Console, is a feature, where users with role.`ORG_OWNER` are able to create Javascript Code, which is invoked by the system at certain points during the login. **Actions**, for example, allow creating authorizations (user grants) on newly created users programmatically. Due to a missing authorization check, **Actions** were able to grant authorizations for projects that belong to other organizations inside the same Instance. Granting authorizations via API and Console is not affected by this vulnerability. There is currently no known workaround, users should update.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZI
Zitadel · Zitadel
1.42.0 before 1.87.1; 2.0.0 before 2.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36051
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36051
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v1.87.1
Patch
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.2.0
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c
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