authentik is an open-source identity provider. Redirect URIs in the OAuth2 provider in authentik are checked by RegEx comparison. When no Redirect URIs are configured in a provider, authentik will automatically use the first redirect_uri value received as an allowed redirect URI, without escaping characters that have a special meaning in RegEx. Similarly, the documentation did not take this into consideration either. Given a provider with the Redirect URIs set to https://foo.example.com, an attacker can register a domain fooaexample.com, and it will correctly pass validation. authentik 2024.8.5 and 2024.10.3 fix this issue. As a workaround, When configuring OAuth2 providers, make sure to escape any wildcard characters that are not intended to function as a wildcard, for example replace `.` with `\.`.
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-52289-mitigate-authentik-vulnerability
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-52289-detect-authentik-vulnerability
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-3q5w-6m3x-64gj
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/85bb638243c8d7ea42ddd3b15b3f51a90d2b8c54
Published: 2024-11-21
Updated: 2025-09-23
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: Critical
Base Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00084