# CVE-2021-39191: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in mod\_auth\_openidc

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-09-03 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- zmartzone mod\_auth\_openidc: through 2.4.9.3

## Description

mod_auth_openidc is an authentication/authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that functions as an OpenID Connect Relying Party, authenticating users against an OpenID Connect Provider. In versions prior to 2.4.9.4, the 3rd-party init SSO functionality of mod_auth_openidc was reported to be vulnerable to an open redirect attack by supplying a crafted URL in the `target_link_uri` parameter. A patch in version 2.4.9.4 made it so that the `OIDCRedirectURLsAllowed` setting must be applied to the `target_link_uri` parameter. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading to a patched version.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zmartzone mod\_auth\_openidc, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/security/advisories/GHSA-2pgf-8h6h-gqg2
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/issues/672
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/commit/03e6bfb446f4e3f27c003d30d6a433e5dd8e2b3d
- https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/releases/tag/v2.4.9.4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/32RGPW5LZDLDTB7MKZIGAHPSLFOUNWR5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RHXO4O4G2UQS7X6OQJCVZKHZAQ7SAIFB/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00020.html

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