Description
pac4j-core before 6.5.6 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in CheckProfileTypeAuthorizer that reverses the profile type validation logic. Attackers can authenticate through a weaker client and access resources requiring a stronger profile type by satisfying generic profile checks.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
pac4j pac4j
Default version status: unaffected
0 to < 6.5.6affected
pkg:maven/org.pac4j/pac4j-parentReferences
- https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j/commit/2270c3ff70e93cc43831e75702acd5135531237e ↗
- https://www.pac4j.org/blog/security-advisory-pac4j-core-oidc-saml.html ↗
- https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j/blob/pac4j-parent-6.5.5/pac4j-core/src/main/java/org/pac4j/core/authorization/authorizer/CheckProfileTypeAuthorizer.java ↗
- https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j ↗
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pac4j-core-before-6.5.6-authorization-bypass-via-reversed-profile-type-check ↗