8.8

CVE-2023-49097: zitadel

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-2wmj-46rj-qm2w
Published 30-11-2023Last modified 27-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-49097 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in zitadel. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
45/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 30-11-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ZITADEL is an identity infrastructure system. ZITADEL uses the notification triggering requests Forwarded or X-Forwarded-Host header to build the button link sent in emails for confirming a password reset with the emailed code. If this header is overwritten and a user clicks the link to a malicious site in the email, the secret code can be retrieved and used to reset the users password and take over his account. Accounts with MFA or Passwordless enabled can not be taken over by this attack. This issue has been patched in versions 2.41.6, 2.40.10 and 2.39.9.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.77% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Zitadel

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/zitadel1 product
  • zitadel≥ 2.39.0, < 2.39.9 | ≥ 2.40.0, < 2.40.10 | ≥ 2.41.0, < 2.41.6
Zitadel1 product
  • zitadel≥ 2.39.0, < 2.39.9 | ≥ 2.40.0, < 2.40.10 | ≥ 2.41.0, < 2.41.6

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links