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Critical · 9.3 CVE-2026-29792 EUVD-2026-10824GHSA-wg9x-qfgw-pxhj

Feathersjs has an OAuth Callback Account Takeover

Published Mar 10, 2026 · Updated Mar 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Feathersjs is a framework for creating web APIs and real-time applications with TypeScript or JavaScript. From 5.0.0 to before 5.0.42, an unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted GET request directly to /oauth/:provider/callback with a forged profile in the query string. The OAuth service's authentication payload has a fallback chain that reaches params.query (the raw request query) when Grant's session/state responses are empty. Since the attacker never initiated an OAuth authorize flow, Grant has no session to work with and produces no response, so the fallback fires. The forged profile then drives entity lookup and JWT minting. The attacker gets a valid access token for an existing user without ever contacting the OAuth provider. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.0.42.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
feathersjs feathers >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.42 —
@feathersjs authentication-oauth >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.42 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @feathersjs/authentication-oauth >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.42 5.0.42 GHSA-wg9x-qfgw-pxhj

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