# CVE-2024-51987: HTTP Client uses incorrect token after refresh in Duende.AccessTokenManagement.OpenIdConnect

- Also known as: GHSA-7MR7-4F54-VCX5
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0.1
- Published: 2024-11-07 · Updated: 2024-11-08

## Affected

- DuendeSoftware Duende.AccessTokenManagement: 3.0.0
- Duende.AccessTokenManagement.OpenIdConnect (NuGet): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.1

## Description

Duende.AccessTokenManagement.OpenIdConnect is a set of .NET libraries that manage OAuth and OpenId Connect access tokens. HTTP Clients created by `AddUserAccessTokenHttpClient` may use a different user's access token after a token refresh occurs. This occurs because a refreshed token will be captured in pooled `HttpClient` instances, which may be used by a different user. Instead of using `AddUserAccessTokenHttpClient` to create an `HttpClient` that automatically adds a managed token to outgoing requests, you can use the `HttpConext.GetUserAccessTokenAsync` extension method or the `IUserTokenManagementService.GetAccessTokenAsync` method. This issue is fixed in Duende.AccessTokenManagement.OpenIdConnect 3.0.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on DuendeSoftware Duende.AccessTokenManagement, Duende.AccessTokenManagement.OpenIdConnect, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/DuendeSoftware/Duende.AccessTokenManagement/security/advisories/GHSA-7mr7-4f54-vcx5

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