CVE-2026-53878 Affecting authentik-2026.2 package, versions <2026.2.6-r14


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-AUTHENTIK20262-18616460
  • published11 Aug 2026
  • disclosed7 Jul 2026

Introduced: 7 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-53878  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard authentik-2026.2 to version 2026.2.6-r14 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream authentik-2026.2 package and not the authentik-2026.2 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.7 and 5.2 before 5.2.16. DomainNameValidator does not prohibit newlines in domain names (unless used via a form field, since CharField strips newlines). If an application uses values with newlines in an HTTP response, header injection can occur. Django itself is unaffected because HttpResponse prohibits newlines in HTTP headers. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Bence Nagy for reporting this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

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