CVE-2025-29928 | authentik's deletion of sessions did not revoke sessions when using database session storage

authentik is an open-source identity provider. Prior to versions 2024.12.4 and 2025.2.3, when authentik was configured to use the database for session storage (which is a non-default setting), deleting sessions via the Web Interface or the API would not revoke the session and the session holder would continue to have access to authentik. authentik 2025.2.3 and 2024.12.4 fix this issue. Switching to the cache-based session storage until the authentik instance can be upgraded is recommended. This will however also delete all existing sessions and users will have to re-authenticate.

Published: 2025-03-28 Last update: 2025-08-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-29928 is rated Moderate Risk (48.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-29928

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 2026-01-22 0.06% 0.24% +0.18%
2 2025-12-12 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-29928

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.0 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N 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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.6 5.8 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-29928

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-29928

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
goauthentik authentik < 2024.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
goauthentik authentik >= 2025.2.0, < 2025.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:goauthentik:authentik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-29928

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