CVE-2026-94609
What it is
authentik is an open-source identity provider. Prior to 2026.2.7, 2026.5.7, and 2026.8.2, an account with delegated permission to manage a group, group membership, or a user can grant superuser status to an account or assign an existing role to a group without holding the permissions that gate those privileges. Group hierarchy checks do not consistently account for superuser status inherited from ancestor groups, and role assignment to a group lacks the required authorization check. Only deployments that delegate these management capabilities to accounts that are not full administrators are affected. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.2.7, 2026.5.7, and 2026.8.2.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-269 · Improper privilege management
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/5f95b86f6f70c3bd8c625a4f9ae474e235f84030
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/67317f66f1b7eb16f2a26bf550dfd73699d49d87
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/67e470dde8c81a40ee27ec6e178462368c561a60
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/898e4e4fa070642a3541a376af0de64fe3ffeb67
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25956
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25961
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25966
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25971
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version/2026.2.7
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version/2026.5.7
References
- https://docs.goauthentik.io/releases/2026.2#fixed-in-202627
- https://docs.goauthentik.io/releases/2026.5#fixed-in-202657
- https://docs.goauthentik.io/releases/2026.8#fixed-in-202682
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/5f95b86f6f70c3bd8c625a4f9ae474e235f84030
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/67317f66f1b7eb16f2a26bf550dfd73699d49d87
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/67e470dde8c81a40ee27ec6e178462368c561a60
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/898e4e4fa070642a3541a376af0de64fe3ffeb67
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25956
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25961
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25966
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25971
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version/2026.2.7
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version/2026.5.7
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version/2026.8.2
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-h6c5-mpvq-j4jc