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CVE-2026-105215

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Description

ZITADEL before 3.4.14 and 4.x before 4.16.2 contains an authentication bypass in the hosted Login V1 UI because the 'external account not found' registration endpoint trusts client-supplied external identity fields without a completed IdP callback. Unauthenticated attackers can submit forged IDPConfigID and ExternalUserID values to pre-create an account bound to a victim's external IdP identity, which the victim's later genuine external login then signs into.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.3 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-04 15:16:32.993000
Last modified
2026-10-29 21:17:10.043000
View original CVE JSON
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  "published": "2026-10-04T15:16:32.993",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-29T21:17:10.043",
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