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CVE-2025-52553

Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
27/06/2025
Last modified:
21/08/2025

Description

authentik is an open-source identity provider. After authorizing access to a RAC endpoint, authentik creates a token which is used for a single connection and is sent to the client in the URL. This token is intended to only be valid for the session of the user who authorized the connection, however this check is missing in versions prior to 2025.6.3 and 2025.4.3. When, for example, using RAC during a screenshare, a malicious user could access the same session by copying the URL from the shown browser. authentik 2025.4.3 and 2025.6.3 fix this issue. As a workaround, it is recommended to decrease the duration a token is valid for (in the RAC Provider settings, set Connection expiry to `minutes=5` for example). The maintainers of authentik also recommend enabling the option Delete authorization on disconnect.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Active
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High

Base Score 4.0
5.50
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM
Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.60 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.60
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2025.4.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2025.6.0 (including) 2025.6.3 (excluding)

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