CVE-2024-52289
authentik has an insecure default configuration for OAuth2 Redirect URIs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.9 High
- Published
- Nov 21, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Nov 6, 2024
Description
authentik is an open-source identity provider. Redirect URIs in the OAuth2 provider in authentik are checked by RegEx comparison. When no Redirect URIs are configured in a provider, authentik will automatically use the first redirect_uri value received as an allowed redirect URI, without escaping characters that have a special meaning in RegEx. Similarly, the documentation did not take this into consideration either. Given a provider with the Redirect URIs set to https://foo.example.com, an attacker can register a domain fooaexample.com, and it will correctly pass validation. authentik 2024.8.5 and 2024.10.3 fix this issue. As a workaround, When configuring OAuth2 providers, make sure to escape any wildcard characters that are not intended to function as a wildcard, for example replace `.` with `\.`.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.9 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-185 Incorrect Regular Expression
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
authentikgoauthentik |
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References
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-3q5w-6m3x-64gj
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/85bb638243c8d7ea42ddd3b15b3f51a90d2b8c54
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-52289-detect-authentik-vulnerability
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-52289-mitigate-authentik-vulnerability
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