SCA: security update for github.com/zitadel/zitadel (GHSA-jq8w-8q2f-ffm9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445450

Description

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

- ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. From 2.43.0 through 2.71.19, from 3.0.0 until
3.4.11, and from 4.0.0 until 4.15.1, the email and phone self-management API paths in
internal/command/user_v2_email.go, internal/command/user_v2_phone.go, and
internal/command/user_v2_human.go allowed users to request returned verification codes without the
required permission, allowing users to claim ownership of email addresses or phone numbers they do not
control and bypass email-based or phone-based security policies. This issue is fixed in versions 3.4.11
and 4.15.1. (CVE-2026-54693)

Solution

Update the github.com/zitadel/zitadel library and its related packages to version 1.80.0-v2.20.0.20260608144108-ed09b3df7f43 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445450

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/29/2026

Updated: 7/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54693

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 5.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54693

cwe: CWE-863

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