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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-04-16 23:35

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

authentik vulnerable to unauthorized user creation and potential account takeover

Details

authentik is an open-source identity provider. Versions prior to 2022.11.2 and 2022.10.2 are vulnerable to unauthorized user creation and potential account takeover. With the default flows, unauthenticated users can create new accounts in authentik. If a flow exists that allows for email-verified password recovery, this can be used to overwrite the email address of admin accounts and take over their accounts. authentik 2022.11.2 and 2022.10.2 fix this issue. As a workaround, a policy can be created and bound to the default-user-settings-flow flow with the contents return request.user.is_authenticated.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "authentik",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/authentik"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2022.10.2"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "2022.11.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2022.11.2"
            }
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          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-46145"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
  "details": "authentik is an open-source identity provider. Versions prior to 2022.11.2 and 2022.10.2 are vulnerable to unauthorized user creation and potential account takeover. With the default flows, unauthenticated users can create new accounts in authentik. If a flow exists that allows for email-verified password recovery, this can be used to overwrite the email address of admin accounts and take over their accounts. authentik 2022.11.2 and 2022.10.2 fix this issue. As a workaround, a policy can be created and bound to the `default-user-settings-flow flow` with the contents `return request.user.is_authenticated`.",
  "id": "BIT-authentik-2022-46145",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2026-04-16T23:35:59.036Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-mjfw-54m5-fvjf"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2022.10#fixed-in-2022102"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2022.11#fixed-in-2022112"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46145"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "authentik vulnerable to unauthorized user creation and potential account takeover"
}

CVE-2022-46145 (GCVE-0-2022-46145)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-02 17:12 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:33

Title

authentik vulnerable to unauthorized user creation and potential account takeover

Summary

authentik is an open-source identity provider. Versions prior to 2022.11.2 and 2022.10.2 are vulnerable to unauthorized user creation and potential account takeover. With the default flows, unauthenticated users can create new accounts in authentik. If a flow exists that allows for email-verified password recovery, this can be used to overwrite the email address of admin accounts and take over their accounts. authentik 2022.11.2 and 2022.10.2 fix this issue. As a workaround, a policy can be created and bound to the `default-user-settings-flow flow` with the contents `return request.user.is_authenticated`.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:46 UTC

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2022.10#fixe…	x_refsource_MISC
https://goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2022.11#fixe…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
goauthentik	authentik	Affected: < 2022.10.2 Affected: >= 2022.11.0, < 2022.11.2

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