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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-27840
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Assigner Org ID-a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa
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Published At-26 Feb, 2026 | 00:27
Updated At-26 Feb, 2026 | 17:00
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
ZITADEL's truncated opaque tokens are still valid

ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. Starting in version 2.31.0 and prior to versions 3.4.7 and 4.11.0, opaque OIDC access tokens in the v2 format truncated to 80 characters are still considered valid. Zitadel uses a symmetric AES encryption for opaque tokens. The cleartext payload is a concatenation of a couple of identifiers, such as a token ID and user ID. Internally Zitadel has 2 different versions of token payloads. v1 tokens are no longer created, but are still verified as to not invalidate existing session after upgrade. The cleartext payload has a format of `<token_id>:<user_id>`. v2 tokens distinguished further where the `token_id` is of the format `v2_<oidc_session_id>-at_<access_token_id>`. V1 token authZ/N session data is retrieved from the database using the (simple) `token_id` value and `user_id` value. The `user_id` (called `subject` in some parts of our code) was used as being the trusted user ID. V2 token authZ/N session data is retrieved from the database using the `oidc_session_id` and `access_token_id` and in this case the `user_id` from the token is ignored and taken from the session data in the database. By truncating the token to 80 chars, the user_id is now missing from the cleartext of the v2 token. The back-end still accepts this for above reasons. This issue is not considered exploitable, but may look awkward when reproduced. The patch in versions 4.11.0 and 3.4.7 resolves the issue by verifying the `user_id` from the token against the session data from the database. No known workarounds are available.

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zitadel
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zitadel
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  • >= 4.0.0, < 4.11.0
  • >= 3.0.0, < 3.4.7
  • >= 2.31.0, <= 2.71.19
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TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-302CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-302
Description: CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data
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3.14.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 4.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-6mq3-xmgp-pjm5
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https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v3.4.7
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https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v4.11.0
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-6mq3-xmgp-pjm5
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v3.4.7
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v4.11.0
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▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
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