Improper access control in authentik - CVE-2022-46172
Published: December 23, 2022 / Updated: April 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127145
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46172
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to create arbitrary accounts.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the default-user-settings-flow endpoint when handling requests to execute the user settings flow. A remote user can send a request to the flow execution endpoint to create arbitrary accounts.
Exploitation requires an existing authenticated user session and does not work for unauthenticated requests.
Affected software
authentik
How to mitigate CVE-2022-46172
Install security update from vendor's website.
authentik - addressed in versions 2022.10.4, 2022.11.4