CVE-2024-47070 | authentik vulnerable to password authentication bypass via X-Forwarded-For HTTP header

authentik is an open-source identity provider. A vulnerability that exists in versions prior to 2024.8.3 and 2024.6.5 allows bypassing password login by adding X-Forwarded-For header with an unparsable IP address, e.g. `a`. This results in a possibility of logging into any account with a known login or email address. The vulnerability requires the authentik instance to trust X-Forwarded-For header provided by the attacker, thus it is not reproducible from external hosts on a properly configured environment. The issue occurs due to the password stage having a policy bound to it, which skips the password stage if the Identification stage is setup to also contain a password stage. Due to the invalid X-Forwarded-For header, which does not get validated to be an IP Address early enough, the exception happens later and the policy fails. The default blueprint doesn't correctly set `failure_result` to `True` on the policy binding meaning that due to this exception the policy returns false and the password stage is skipped. Versions 2024.8.3 and 2024.6.5 fix this issue.

Published: 2024-09-27 Last update: 2025-08-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-47070 is rated Moderate Risk (50.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.55%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-47070

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.19% 0.55% +0.36%
2 2026-05-22 0.14% 0.19% +0.05%
3 2026-03-19 0.14%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-47070

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.2 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-47070

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-47070

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
goauthentik authentik < 2024.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
goauthentik authentik >= 2024.8.0, < 2024.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-47070

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