CVE-2026-123196
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Authorizer before 2.4.2 contains a password reset poisoning vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to control emailed link hosts by supplying x-authorizer-url gRPC metadata. Attackers can send this metadata to the gRPC port or a Grpc-Metadata-X-Authorizer-Url header through the REST gateway to capture reset or magic-link tokens and take over accounts.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.6
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-05 19:17:17.967000
Last modified
2026-11-05 19:17:18.133000
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"id": "CVE-2026-123196",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-05T19:17:17.967",
"lastModified": "2026-11-05T19:17:18.133",
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}
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{
"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer/blob/0bceb94f0ab726d9c396202f4d8fbedee1dc9cab/internal/gateway/mount.go#L244-L248",
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"url": "https://github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer/blob/0bceb94f0ab726d9c396202f4d8fbedee1dc9cab/internal/grpcsrv/transport/grpc_metadata.go#L40",
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"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}