ZITADEL before 4.17.3 Session Hijacking via Forgeable IdP Intent Tokens
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
ZITADEL 4.x before 4.17.3 and 3.x through 3.4.15 protects IdP intent tokens with unauthenticated, malleable encryption, allowing authenticated users to tamper with their own token so it is accepted for another user's external login intent. An attacker who predicts a victim's in-flight intent identifier and wins a timing race can call /v2/idp_intents or /v2/sessions to steal the victim's IdP tokens or hijack their session.
Why it matters now
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
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-2026-67542 ZITADEL before 4.17.3 Cross-Organization Authentication Method Enumeration via User ServicePriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105208
- 2026-10-04 Alias added: GHSA-xv85-7fx2-46j9
- 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 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-2026-105208 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105208 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xv85-7fx2-46j9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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