Interpretation Conflict Affecting github.com/goauthentik/authentik package, versions <2023.4.3>=2023.5.0 <2023.5.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGOAUTHENTIKAUTHENTIK-5759295
  • published7 Jul 2023
  • disclosed7 Jul 2023
  • creditthijsa

Introduced: 7 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-36456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-436  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/goauthentik/authentik to version 2023.4.3, 2023.5.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Interpretation Conflict due to not verifying the source of the X-Forwarded-For and X-Real-IP headers both in the Python code and the go code.

Note:

Only authentik setups that are directly accessible by users without a reverse proxy are susceptible to this.

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