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CVE-2026-123196

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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",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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    }
  ],
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      "source": "[email protected]",
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          "packageURL": "pkg:golang/github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer",
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              "version": "2.3.0-rc.3",
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          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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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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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/authorizerdev/authorizer/releases/tag/2.4.2",
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    },
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    }
  ]
}