SCA: security update for org.wso2.carbon.identity.framework:org.wso2.carbon.identity.application.authentication.framework, org.wso2.identity.apps:authentication-portal (GHSA-f6jm-9pr8-9c3w)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421521

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Multiple WSO2 products have been identified as vulnerable to perform user impersonatoin using JIT
provisioning. In order for this vulnerability to have any impact on your deployment, following conditions
must be met: * An IDP configured for federated authentication and JIT provisioning enabled with the
"Prompt for username, password and consent" option. * A service provider that uses the above IDP for
federated authentication and has the "Assert identity using mapped local subject identifier" flag enabled.
Attacker should have: * A fresh valid user account in the federated IDP that has not been used earlier. *
Knowledge of the username of a valid user in the local IDP. When all preconditions are met, a malicious
actor could use JIT provisioning flow to perform user impersonation. (CVE-2023-6837)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421521

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.36

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6837

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6837

Detections

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