CVE-2026-94609
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Privilege Escalation in Authentik Identity Provider
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-94609, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-24
Last updated on: 2026-09-24
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
Description
authentik is an open-source identity provider. Prior to 2026.2.7, 2026.5.7, and 2026.8.2, an account with delegated permission to manage a group, group membership, or a user can grant superuser status to an account or assign an existing role to a group without holding the permissions that gate those privileges. Group hierarchy checks do not consistently account for superuser status inherited from ancestor groups, and role assignment to a group lacks the required authorization check. Only deployments that delegate these management capabilities to accounts that are not full administrators are affected. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.2.7, 2026.5.7, and 2026.8.2.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| goauthentik | authentik | 2026.2.7 |
| goauthentik | authentik | 2026.5.7 |
| goauthentik | authentik | 2026.8.2 |
| goauthentik | authentik | to 2026.2.7 (exc) |
| goauthentik | authentik | to 2026.5.7 (exc) |
| goauthentik | authentik | to 2026.8.2 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-863 | The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. |
| CWE-269 | The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. |
