FKIE_CVE-2026-72537

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-11 12:17 - Updated: 2026-09-03 17:51
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Authentik Security authentik through 2026.5.6 allows an attacker with a source-scoped SCIM provisioning token to take over any user account including superusers by provisioning a SCIM user that matches an existing local user by username. The SCIM user ingest function adopts pre-existing local accounts by username without validating scope boundaries. An attacker can rewrite or delete any account, including the superuser, using only a limited provisioning credential.
References
309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2chttps://github.com/goauthentik/authentik
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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