CVE-2022-46172

authentik allows existing authenticated users to create arbitrary accounts

Severity Score

6.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-11-28 CVE Reserved
2022-12-28 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-hv8r-6w7p-mpc5	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Goauthentik Search vendor "Goauthentik"		Authentik Search vendor "Goauthentik" for product "Authentik"				>= 2022.10.0 < 2022.10.4 Search vendor "Goauthentik" for product "Authentik" and version " >= 2022.10.0 < 2022.10.4"		-		Affected
Goauthentik Search vendor "Goauthentik"		Authentik Search vendor "Goauthentik" for product "Authentik"				>= 2022.11.0 < 2022.11.4 Search vendor "Goauthentik" for product "Authentik" and version " >= 2022.11.0 < 2022.11.4"		-		Affected