CVE-2026-31946CWE-287CWE-347

OpenOLAT: Authentication bypass via forged JWT in OIDC implicit flow

Critical · published March 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

OpenOlat is an open source web-based e-learning platform for teaching, learning, assessment and communication. From version 10.5.4 to before version 20.2.5, OpenOLAT's OpenID Connect implicit flow implementation does not verify JWT signatures. The JSONWebToken.parse() method silently discards the signature segment of the compact JWT (header.payload.signature), and the getAccessToken() methods in both OpenIdConnectApi and OpenIdConnectFullConfigurableApi only validate claim-level fields (issuer, audience, state, nonce) without any cryptographic signature verification against the Identity Provider's JWKS endpoint. This issue has been patched in version 20.2.5.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00326 · 24.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication; CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Published
2026-03-30T20:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 MAR 20:31Z
    OpenOLAT: Authentication bypass via forged JWT in OIDC implicit flow
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