CVE-2022-36051

Broken Authorization in ZITADEL Actions

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 31, 2022 at 10:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZitadel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

ZITADEL combines the ease of Auth0 and the versatility of Keycloak.**Actions**, introduced in ZITADEL **1.42.0** on the API and **1.56.0** for Console, is a feature, where users with role.`ORG_OWNER` are able to create Javascript Code, which is invoked by the system at certain points during the login. **Actions**, for example, allow creating authorizations (user grants) on newly created users programmatically. Due to a missing authorization check, **Actions** were able to grant authorizations for projects that belong to other organizations inside the same Instance. Granting authorizations via API and Console is not affected by this vulnerability. There is currently no known workaround, users should update.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.87.1v < 2.2.01.42.0 ≤ v < 1.87.12.0.0 ≤ v < 2.2.0
Affected range stops below 1.87.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-436CWE-863

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