CVE-2024-42490
authentik has Insufficient Authorization for several API endpoints
Description
authentik is an open-source Identity Provider. Several API endpoints can be accessed by users without correct authentication/authorization. The main API endpoints affected by this are /api/v3/crypto/certificatekeypairs/<uuid>/view_certificate/, /api/v3/crypto/certificatekeypairs/<uuid>/view_private_key/, and /api/v3/.../used_by/. Note that all of the affected API endpoints require the knowledge of the ID of an object, which especially for certificates is not accessible to an unprivileged user. Additionally the IDs for most objects are UUIDv4, meaning they are not easily guessable/enumerable. authentik 2024.4.4, 2024.6.4 and 2024.8.0 fix this issue.
How to fix CVE-2024-42490
To remediate CVE-2024-42490, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2024.4.4 or later
- —upgrade to 2024.6.4 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2024-42490 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2024.4.4, >= 2024.6.0, < 2024.6.4
- >= 2024.6.0-rc1, < 2024.6.4
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:H |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H |