CVE-2022-46172CWE-269CWE-287

authentik allows existing authenticated users to create arbitrary accounts

Medium · published December 28, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

authentik is an open-source Identity provider focused on flexibility and versatility. In versions prior to 2022.10.4, and 2022.11.4, any authenticated user can create an arbitrary number of accounts through the default flows. This would circumvent any policy in a situation where it is undesirable for users to create new accounts by themselves. This may also affect other applications as these new basic accounts would exist throughout the SSO infrastructure. By default the newly created accounts cannot be logged into as no password reset exists by default. However password resets are likely to be enabled by most installations. This vulnerability pertains to the user context used in the default-user-settings-flow, /api/v3/flows/instances/default-user-settings-flow/execute/. This issue has been fixed in versions 2022.10.4 and 2022.11.4.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00545 · 44.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management; CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2022-12-28T06:16Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 DEC 06:16Z
    authentik allows existing authenticated users to create arbitrary accounts
    cvelistv5