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High · 7.1 CVE-2025-53942 BIT-authentik-2025-53942EUVD-2025-22471GHSA-9g4j-v8w5-7x42GO-2025-3822

authentik has an insufficient check for account active status during OAuth/SAML authentication

Published Jul 23, 2025 · Updated Jul 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

authentik is an open-source Identity Provider that emphasizes flexibility and versatility, with support for a wide set of protocols. In versions 2025.4.4 and earlier, as well as versions 2025.6.0-rc1 through 2025.6.3, deactivated users who registered through OAuth/SAML or linked their accounts to OAuth/SAML providers can still retain partial access to the system despite their accounts being deactivated. They end up in a half-authenticated state where they cannot access the API but crucially they can authorize applications if they know the URL of the application. To workaround this issue, developers can add an expression policy to the user login stage on the respective authentication flow with the expression of return request.context["pending_user"].is_active. This modification ensures that the return statement only activates the user login stage when the user is active. This issue is fixed in versions authentik 2025.4.4 and 2025.6.4.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
goauthentik authentik <= 2025.4.3, < 2025.4.4, >= 2025.6.0-rc1, < 2025.6.4 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20250811T192933-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15434-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go goauthentik.io < 0.0.0-20250722122105-7a4c6b9b50f8 0.0.0-20250722122105-7a4c6b9b50f8 GHSA-9g4j-v8w5-7x42
Go goauthentik.io all versions — GO-2025-3822

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