CVE-2024-11623: Stored XSS in authentik

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Authentik project is vulnerable to Stored XSS attacks through uploading crafted SVG files that are used as application icons. This action could only be performed by an authenticated admin user. The issue was fixed in 2024.10.4 release.

Affected products

goauthentik authentik: before 2024.10.4 — fixed in 2024.10.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: goauthentik authentik 2024.10.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/02/CVE-2024-11623/
https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/security/audits-and-certs/2024-11-cobalt#svg-images-for-icons-possible-xss-vulnerability
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/12092

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