ZITADEL 3.x before 3.4.15 and 4.x before 4.17.1 contains an improper authorization vulnerability: when issuing passkey or passwordless enrollment codes, it checks only the organization in the x-zitadel-orgid header, not the target user's organization. Attackers with user-write permission in one organization can obtain an enrollment code for a user in another organization on the same instance and register their own authenticator to take over that account.
CVE-2026-105209
CRITICALPre-NVD 9.69.6—Trending — 3 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 9.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-10-04. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.6; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
9.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 9.6Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.6
- EG Score
- 9.6CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 48EG Risk 48/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity96% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- —
- EPSS %ILE
- —
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact total (CVSS ≥ 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
October 4, 2026
Last Modified
October 4, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Oct 4, 2026Patch available. Sources: github.
generic
ZITADEL before 3.4.15 and 4.17.1 Cross-Organization Account Takeover via Passkey Enrollment | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zitadel-before-3.4.15-and-4.17.1-cross-organization-account-takeover-via-passkey-enrollmentgithub Patch Available
Improper authorization when issuing passkey and passwordless enrollment codes (cross-organization account takeover) · Advisory · zitadel/zitadel · GitHub
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-pq2q-2c6r-75c4Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-105209(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-05 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-05 06:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-05 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-04 22:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-04 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 19:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-04 15:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 14:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 14:28 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2026-105209?
CVE-2026-105209 is a critical vulnerability published on October 4, 2026. ZITADEL 3.x before 3.4.15 and 4.x before 4.17.1 contains an improper authorization vulnerability: when issuing passkey or passwordless enrollment codes, it checks only the organization in the x-zitadel-orgid header, not the target user's organization. Attackers with user-write permission in one…
When was CVE-2026-105209 disclosed?
CVE-2026-105209 was first published on October 4, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-105209?
CVE-2026-105209 has a CVSS base score of 9.6 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-105209?
A fix for CVE-2026-105209 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-105209 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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