Tinyauth has OAuth account confusion via shared mutable state on singleton service instances
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Tinyauth is an authentication and authorization server. Prior to version 5.0.5, all three OAuth service implementations (GenericOAuthService, GithubOAuthService, GoogleOAuthService) store PKCE verifiers and access tokens as mutable struct fields on singleton instances shared across all concurrent requests. When two users initiate OAuth login for the same provider concurrently, a race condition between VerifyCode() and Userinfo() causes one user to receive a session with the other user's identity. This issue has been patched in version 5.0.5.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| steveiliop56 | tinyauth | before 5.0.5 | 5.0.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/steveiliop56/tinyauth (Go) | before 1.0.1-0.20260401140714-fc1d4f2082a5 | 1.0.1-0.20260401140714-fc1d4f2082a5 | Patch available | GHSA-9q5m-jfc4-wc92 |
- tinyauth Vendorsteveiliop56 Affected before 5.0.5 Fixed in 5.0.5 Patch available CNA
- github.com/steveiliop56/tinyauth (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.0.1-0.20260401140714-fc1d4f2082a5 Fixed in 1.0.1-0.20260401140714-fc1d4f2082a5 Patch available GHSA-9q5m-jfc4-wc92
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:tinyauth:tinyauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 5.0.5 | Vulnerable | steveiliop56 |
- cpe:2.3:a:tinyauth:tinyauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.0.5 Vulnerable ·steveiliop56
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tinyauth (steveiliop56) Fixed in 5.0.5
- Fix · GHSA-9q5m-jfc4-wc92 github.com/steveiliop56/tinyauth (Go) Fixed in 1.0.1-0.20260401140714-fc1d4f2082a5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-33544
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9q5m-jfc4-wc92
References
More steveiliop56 Tinyauth vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-24775 Tinyauth vulnerable to TOTP/2FA bypass via OIDC authorize endpoint CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2026-24774 Tinyauth's OIDC authorization codes are not bound to client on token exchange CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-33544 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-33544 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9q5m-jfc4-wc92 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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