CVE-2026-109374

medium

Description

ZITADEL 3.0.0 before 4.19.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in OIDC token exchange that allows end-user impersonators to impersonate administrators including IAM_OWNER by bypassing the admin.impersonation check. Attackers holding IAM_END_USER_IMPERSONATOR or ORG_END_USER_IMPERSONATOR roles can sign in to relying applications as administrators with their roles and claims.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zitadel-3.0.0-before-4.19.2-privilege-escalation-via-oidc-token-exchange-impersonation

https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-w4gv-rcwj-w6r5

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-97672

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-12

Updated: 2026-10-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00209