> CVE-2026-27840 [MEDIUM]

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PUBLISHED
2026-02-26 01:16
MODIFIED
2026-02-26 01:16
CVSS_SCORE V3
4.3
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.16%
Top 94.9%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD đź”— 2026-02-26 CWE MITRE đź”— 2026-11-01 FIRST EPSS đź”— 2026-11-08 OSV đź”— 2026-11-08

> DESCRIPTION

ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. Starting in version 2.31.0 and prior to versions 3.4.7 and 4.11.0, opaque OIDC access tokens in the v2 format truncated to 80 characters are still considered valid. Zitadel uses a symmetric AES encryption for opaque tokens. The cleartext payload is a concatenation of a couple of identifiers, such as a token ID and user ID. Internally Zitadel has 2 different versions of token payloads. v1 tokens are no longer created, but are still verified as to not invalidate existing session after upgrade. The cleartext payload has a format of `<token_id>:<user_id>`. v2 tokens distinguished further where the `token_id` is of the format `v2_<oidc_session_id>-at_<access_token_id>`. V1 token authZ/N session data is retrieved from the database using the (simple) `token_id` value and `user_id` value. The `user_id` (called `subject` in some parts of our code) was used as being the trusted user ID. V2 token authZ/N session data is retrieved from the database using the `oidc_session_id` and `access_token_id` and in this case the `user_id` from the token is ignored and taken from the session data in the database. By truncating the token to 80 chars, the user_id is now missing from the cleartext of the v2 token. The back-end still accepts this for above reasons. This issue is not considered exploitable, but may look awkward when reproduced. The patch in versions 4.11.0 and 3.4.7 resolves the issue by verifying the `user_id` from the token against the session data from the database. No known workarounds are available.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EXPLOITABILITY
2.8
IMPACT
1.4

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
Required (R)
Nécessite une action utilisateur (clic lien, ouverture fichier, etc.)
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
None (N)
Aucune divulgation d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
Low (L)
Modification limitée des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
None (N)
Aucune interruption de service

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
None
Aucune divulgation d'informations
Intégrité
Low
Modification limitée des données possible
Disponibilité
None
Aucune interruption de service

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-302

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data - The authentication scheme or implementation uses key data elements that are assumed to be immutable, but can be controlled or modified by the attacker.

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

ZITADEL's truncated opaque tokens are still valid

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
219 versions affected
ALIASES:
GHSA-6mq3-xmgp-pjm5, GO-2026-4573

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
26/02/2026 01:16
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/03/2026 06:46
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data - The authentication scheme or implementation uses key data elements that are assumed to be immutable, but can be controlled or modified by the...
Total des modifications: 1 Dernière mise à jour: 8 months ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v3.4.7
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v4.11.0
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-6mq3-xmgp-pjm5
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