Incorrect Authorization Affecting flask-security-too package, versions [5.8.0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-FLASKSECURITYTOO-17895037
  • published8 Jul 2026
  • disclosed7 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jul 2026

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the webauthn_verify_response process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive operations by submitting a valid WebAuthn assertion for their own credential within a victim's authenticated session, thereby bypassing session freshness checks. This is only exploitable if the attacker possesses a registered WebAuthn credential on the same deployment and can drive HTTP requests within the victim's session, such as through CSRF, XSS, or session fixation techniques.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1