TI-2026-58857 Aliases CVE-2026-85983 GHSA-pvm6-cj89-m3wx

Local Privilege Escalation in Auth0 AD/LDAP Connector

LOW 35CWE-94Published 2026-09-08 · Updated 2026-09-10

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

The Auth0 AD/LDAP Connector improperly processes a configuration value during service startup. This allows a low-privileged user on the host system to modify the connector's configuration. When the service restarts, the modified configuration can lead to code execution with the privileges of the service account.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00201 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
auth0	Auth0 AD/LDAP Connector	up to 6.5.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

Auth0 AD/LDAP Connector Vendorauth0 Affected up to 6.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85983
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pvm6-cj89-m3wx

References

Other 1

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/local-privilege-escalation-in-auth0-ad-ldap-connector-cve-2026-85983

TI-2015-07615 Improper input validation in HackerOne jsonwebtoken node module CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-29805 Brute Force Authentication Tags of CookieStore Sessions in Auth0-PHP SDK CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2025-31089 Auth0-PHP SDK Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2020-06427 An issue was discovered in the Login by Auth0 plugin before 4.0.0 for WordPress. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-05020 The Auth0 authentication service before 2017-10-15 allows privilege escalation because… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-05387 Auth0 Auth0-WCF-Service-JWT before 1.0.4 leaks the expected JWT signature in an error… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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