Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data Affecting github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/authz/repository/eventsourcing/eventstore package, versions <1.80.0-v2.20.0.20260216092519-feab8e1fa371>=2.31.0 <3.4.7>=4.0.0-rc.1 <4.11.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMZITADELZITADELINTERNALAUTHZREPOSITORYEVENTSOURCINGEVENTSTORE-15369731
  • published3 Mar 2026
  • disclosed27 Feb 2026
  • creditOlivier Becker, Lucas Dodgson

Introduced: 27 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-27840  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-302  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/authz/repository/eventsourcing/eventstore to version 1.80.0-v2.20.0.20260216092519-feab8e1fa371, 3.4.7, 4.11.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data in the verifyAccessTokenV2() function that accepts truncated tokens as the valid ones. An attacker can cause the system to accept truncated tokens missing the user_id by submitting an opaque OIDC access token with the cleartext payload shortened to 80 characters.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1