ZITADEL before 4.17.3 Cross-Organization Authentication Method Enumeration via User Service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
ZITADEL 3.0.0 through 3.4.15 and 4.x before 4.17.3 contains an incorrect authorization flaw in the User Service API, which verifies user.read against the caller's organization rather than the organization owning the target user. An authenticated member holding org-scoped user.read can query GET /v2/users/{userId}/authentication_methods to learn which authentication method types users in other organizations have registered.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA zitadel (zitadel) Fixed in 4.17.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
zitadel 4.17.3
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-67543 ZITADEL before 4.17.3 Account Takeover via External IdP LinkingPriority MEDIUM 48
- TI-2026-67544 ZITADEL before 4.17.3 Session Hijacking via Forgeable IdP Intent TokensPriority LOW 38
Timeline
- 2026-10-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105206
- 2026-10-04 Alias added: GHSA-pmw5-r3fq-5gm7
- 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · CNA
References
More zitadel vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-26607 ZITADEL Vulnerable to Session Information Leakage CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-67551 ZITADEL before 4.16.2 Account Pre-Hijacking via Forged External IdP Callback CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-67543 ZITADEL before 4.17.3 Account Takeover via External IdP Linking CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- 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-2026-82647 ZITADEL Login V2 flaw lets attackers approve device authorizations CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-105206 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105206 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pmw5-r3fq-5gm7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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