ZITADEL vulnerable account takeover via malicious host header injection
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 2.39.9, 2.40.10, 2.41.6
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- zitadel zitadel
From 2.39.0 · fixed in 2.39.9; From 2.40.0 · fixed in 2.40.10; From 2.41.0 · fixed in 2.41.6
- github.com/zitadel/zitadelGo
From 2.39.0 · fixed in 2.39.9
- github.com/zitadel/zitadelGo
From 2.40.0 · fixed in 2.40.10
- github.com/zitadel/zitadelGo
From 2.41.0 · fixed in 2.41.6