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CVE-2021-32701

7.5 highEPSS 1.6%

High (7.5) in ory oathkeeper. EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/ory/oathkeeper 0.38.12-beta.1.

ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules. When you make a request to an endpoint that requires the scope `foo` using an access token granted with that `foo` scope, introspection will be valid and that token will be cached. The problem comes when a second requests to an endpoint that requires the scope `bar` is made before the cache has expired. Whether the token is granted or not to the `bar` scope, introspection will be valid. A patch will be released with `v0.38.12-beta.1`. Per default, caching is disabled for the `oauth2_introspection` authenticator. When caching is disabled, this vulnerability does not exist. The cache is checked in [`func (a *AuthenticatorOAuth2Introspection) Authenticate(...)`](https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/blob/6a31df1c3779425e05db1c2a381166b087cb29a4/pipeline/authn/authenticator_oauth2_introspection.go#L152). From [`tokenFromCache()`](https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/blob/6a31df1c3779425e05db1c2a381166b087cb29a4/pipeline/authn/authenticator_oauth2_introspection.go#L97) it seems that it only validates the token expiration date, but ignores whether the token has or not the proper scopes. The vulnerability was introduced in PR #424. During review, we failed to require appropriate test coverage by the submitter which is the primary reason that the vulnerability passed the review process.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-863
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-qvp4-rpmr-xwrrGogithub.com/ory/oathkeeper>=0.38.0-beta.2 <0.38.12-beta.10.38.12-beta.1
GHSA-vfvf-6gx5-mqv6Gogithub.com/ory/oathkeeper>=0.38.0-beta.2 <0.38.12-beta.10.38.12-beta.1

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