CVE-2023-47111

ZITADEL race condition in lockout policy execution

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 8, 2023 at 09:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZitadel

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

ZITADEL provides identity infrastructure. ZITADEL provides administrators the possibility to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts. On every failed password check, the amount of failed checks is compared against the configured maximum. Exceeding the limit, will lock the user and prevent further authentication. In the affected implementation it was possible for an attacker to start multiple parallel password checks, giving him the possibility to try out more combinations than configured in the `Lockout Policy`. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 2.40.5 and 2.38.3.

Affected

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

v < 2.38.3v < 2.40.52.39.0 ≤ v < 2.40.5
Affected range stops below 2.38.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.40.5, 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:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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