CVE-2024-23647CWE-287

PKCE downgrade attack in Authentik

Medium · published January 30, 2024

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Authentik is an open-source Identity Provider. There is a bug in our implementation of PKCE that allows an attacker to circumvent the protection that PKCE offers. PKCE adds the code_challenge parameter to the authorization request and adds the code_verifier parameter to the token request. Prior to 2023.8.7 and 2023.10.7, a downgrade scenario is possible: if the attacker removes the code_challenge parameter from the authorization request, authentik will not do the PKCE check. Because of this bug, an attacker can circumvent the protection PKCE offers, such as CSRF attacks and code injection attacks. Versions 2023.8.7 and 2023.10.7 fix the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00544 · 44.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2024-01-30T16:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 JAN 16:10Z
    PKCE downgrade attack in Authentik
    cvelistv5