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CVE-2026-56665 json

ZITADEL: Missing Token Expiration (`exp`) Validation in JWT IdP Provider

published 4mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-42963 , GHSA-v77h-2w3m-94hx , GO-2026-6469

cvss
4.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. Prior to 3.4.12 and 4.15.2, ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. From 3.0.0-rc.1 through 3.4.11 and from 4.0.0-rc.1 through 4.15.1, ZITADEL's external JWT Identity Provider validation in internal/idp/providers/jwt/session.go skips expiration handling when an incoming token omits the exp claim, allowing a token from a trusted issuer to be treated as valid without an automatic expiration window. This issue is fixed in versions 3.4.12 and 4.15.2.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/zitadel/zitadel 3.4.12, 4.15.2
  • zitadel zitadel 3.4.12, 4.15.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 0.0.20260916T180043-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23855-1SUSE-SU-2026:23863-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260916T180043-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21897-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/zitadel/zitadel
>=4.0.0-rc.1, <4.15.2
<3.4.12
all versions
4.15.2
3.4.12

Affected products

  • zitadel zitadel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-613 DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration

References

Sources

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