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TI-2022-16474 Aliases CVE-2022-36051GHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c

Broken Authorization in ZITADEL Actions

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-436Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

ZITADEL combines the ease of Auth0 and the versatility of Keycloak.**Actions**, introduced in ZITADEL **1.42.0** on the API and **1.56.0** for Console, is a feature, where users with role.`ORG_OWNER` are able to create Javascript Code, which is invoked by the system at certain points during the login. **Actions**, for example, allow creating authorizations (user grants) on newly created users programmatically. Due to a missing authorization check, **Actions** were able to grant authorizations for projects that belong to other organizations inside the same Instance. Granting authorizations via API and Console is not affected by this vulnerability. There is currently no known workaround, users should update.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0101 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed zitadel (zitadel): 2.2.0, 1.87.1github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go): 2.2.0, 1.87.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
zitadelzitadel2.0.0 to before 2.2.0; 1.42.0 to before 1.87.12.2.0, 1.87.1Patch availableCNA
—github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go)2.0.0 to before 2.2.02.2.0Patch availableGHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c
—github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go)1.42.0 to before 1.87.11.87.1Patch availableGHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c
  • zitadel Vendorzitadel Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.2.0; 1.42.0 to before 1.87.1 Fixed in 2.2.0, 1.87.1 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.2.0 Fixed in 2.2.0 Patch available GHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c
  • github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.42.0 to before 1.87.1 Fixed in 1.87.1 Patch available GHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:zitadel:zitadel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.42.0 to before 1.87.1; 2.0.0 to before 2.2.0Vulnerablezitadel
  • cpe:2.3:a:zitadel:zitadel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.42.0 to before 1.87.1; 2.0.0 to before 2.2.0 Vulnerable ·zitadel

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA zitadel (zitadel) Fixed in 2.2.0, 1.87.1
  • Fix · GHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go) Fixed in 2.2.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go) Fixed in 1.87.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-36051
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c8fj-4pm8-mp2c

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2024-26607 ZITADEL Vulnerable to Session Information Leakage CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2025-41253 ZITADEL Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Full-Read SSRF via V2 Login CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-39554 Zitadel Bypass Second Authentication Factor CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-33224 Zitadel User Registration Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-31388 Service Users Deactivation not Working in Zitadel CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-23310 ZITADEL: Bypassing Zitadel Login Behavior and Security Policy in Login V2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
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Sources

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