Improper Authentication
CWE-287
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
We track 1,836 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.7. 52 have been exploited in real attacks.
How this weakness is prevented
- Architecture and Design: Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.
Latest Improper Authentication vulnerabilities
- 7.2 High severity
Netatalk: Improper Authentication
An authentication bypass vulnerability in Netatalk 2.2.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote privileged user to authenticate as an arbitrary user via the admin auth user mechanism.
- 8.7 High severity
authentik: XML Injection
authentik is an open-source identity provider. Versions 2025.12.4 and prior, and versions 2026.2.0-rc1 through 2026.2.2 were vulnerable to Authentication Bypass through SAML NameID XML Comment Injection. Due to how authentik extracted the NameID value from a S
- 8.8 High severity
Account Switcher: Improper Authentication
The Account Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This is due to the `rememberLogin` REST API endpoint using a loose comparison (`!=` instead of `!==`) for secret validation at `app/Res
- 9.8 Critical severity
Apache OFBiz: Improper Authentication
Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apache OFBiz via Password-Change Logic Flaw Leading to Remote Code Execution This issue affects Apache OFBiz: before 24.09.06. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 24.09.06, which fixes the issue.
- 9.1 Critical severity
open-webui: Improper Authentication
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the LDAP authentication endpoint does not validate that the submitted password is non-empty before performing a Simple Bind against the LDAP serv
- 9.8 Critical severity
Receive Notifications After Form Submitting –…: Improper Authentication
The Form Notify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions up to and including 1.1.10. This is due to the plugin trusting user-controlled cookie data to determine which WordPress account to authenticate after a LINE OAuth login. Wh
- 8.8 High severity
crabbox: Improper Authentication
Crabbox prior to v0.12.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows non-admin shared-token callers to impersonate other owners or organizations by spoofing identity headers. Attackers can inject malicious X-Crabbox-Owner and X-Crabbox-Org head
- 10.0 Critical severity
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authentication Bypass Exploited
May 2026: This security advisory provides the details and fix information for a vulnerability that was discovered and fixed after the was disclosed in February 2026. This new advisory is for a new vulnerability in the control connection handshaking. The sectio
- 9.8 Critical severity
Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress…: Improper Authentication
The Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 3.4.0 to 3.4.1.1. This is due to incorrect return-value handling in the `is_mainwp_authenticated(
- 7.5 High severity
hoppscotch: Improper Access Control
hoppscotch is an open source API development ecosystem. The fix for CVE-2026-28215 in version 2026.2.0 addresses the unauthenticated POST /v1/onboarding/config endpoint by checking onboardingCompleted and canReRunOnboarding before allowing config overwrites. H
- 8.1 High severity
opentelemetry-collector-contrib: Observable Timing Discrepancy
azureauthextension is the Azure Authenticator Extension. From 0.124.0 to 0.150.0, a server-side authentication bypass in azureauthextension allows any party who holds a single valid Azure access token for any scope the collector's configured identity can mint
- 9.1 Critical severity
fast-jwt: Improper Authentication
fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. Prior to 6.2.4, a critical authentication-bypass vulnerability in fast-jwt's async key-resolver flow allows any unauthenticated attacker to forge arbitrary JWTs that are accepted as authentic. When th
- 7.1 High severity
Grafana OSS: Improper Authentication
An Editor can overwrite a dashboard not owned by them to acquire admin on that specific dashboard. The user must have write access to the dashboard to escalate privilege.
- 9.6 Critical severity
CRM: Improper Authentication
ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. From 7.2.0 to 7.2.2, The fix for CVE-2026-4058 is incomplete. The hardening commit was merged and then silently stripped from src/api/routes/public/public-user.php by an unrelated PR before any 7.2.x tag wa
- 7.5 High severity
arduino-esp32: Improper Authentication
arduino-esp32 is an Arduino core for the ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3, ESP32-C3, ESP32-C6 and ESP32-H2 microcontrollers. Prior to 3.3.8, the WebServer Digest authentication implementation in arduino-esp32 computes the authentication hash using the URI field from
- 9.1 Critical severity
pingvin-share-x: Improper Authentication
Pingvin Share X is a secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform. From 1.14.1 to 1.16.2, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker who has obtained a valid username and password to skip the second-factor authentication (TOTP) requ
- 7.6 High severity
pocketbase: Improper Authentication
Pocketbase is an open source web backend written in go. Prior to 0.22.42 and 0.37.4, in some situations, if an attacker knows the email address of the victim they can create and link an unverified PocketBase user in advance by authenticating with one of the OA
- 9.1 Critical severity
Azure SDK for Java: Improper Authentication
The Java Key Vault Keys library in the Azure SDK for Java contains an issue in the local cryptographic verification path where authentication tag comparison was implemented incorrectly. In affected applications that use the vulnerable local cryptography path,
- 7.3 High severity
agents: Improper Authentication
A vulnerability was detected in inkeep agents 0.58.14. This vulnerability affects the function createDevContext of the file agents-api/src/middleware/runAuth.ts of the component runAuth Middleware. Performing a manipulation results in authentication bypass usi
- 10.0 Critical severity
CoPilot: Improper Authentication
SOCFortress CoPilot focuses on providing a single pane of glass for all your security operations needs. Prior to 0.1.57, SOCFortress CoPilot ships a hardcoded JWT signing secret as a fallback value in backend/app/auth/utils.py:28 and ships it verbatim in .env.
- 9.8 Critical severity
OpenClaw: Improper Authentication
A vulnerability was detected in OpenClaw up to 2026.1.24. The impacted element is the function handleBlueBubblesWebhookRequest of the file extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor.ts of the component bluebubbles Webhook. Performing a manipulation results in improper
- 7.3 High severity
Canias ERP: Improper Authentication
A vulnerability was identified in Industrial Application Software IAS Canias ERP 8.03. This issue affects the function iasServerRemoteInterface.doAction of the component Java RMI Session Management. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. The attac
- 9.1 Critical severity
auth: Improper Authentication
auth provides authentication via oauth2, direct and email. From versions 1.18.0 to before 1.25.2 and 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2, the Patreon OAuth provider maps every authenticated Patreon account to the same local user.ID, instead of deriving a unique ID from the
- 10.0 Critical severity
openvpn-auth-oauth2: Improper Authentication
openvpn-auth-oauth2 is a plugin/management interface client for OpenVPN server to handle an OIDC based single sign-on (SSO) auth flows. From version 1.26.3 to before version 1.27.3, when openvpn-auth-oauth2 is deployed in the experimental plugin mode (shared l
- 9.8 Critical severity
nhost: Improper Authentication
Nhost is an open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL. Prior to version 0.49.1, Nhost automatically links an incoming OAuth identity to an existing Nhost account when the email addresses match. This is only safe when the email has been verified by the OAut
- 9.8 Critical severity
coredns: Improper Authentication
CoreDNS is a DNS server written in Go. In versions prior to 1.14.3, the gRPC, QUIC, DoH, and DoH3 transport implementations incorrectly handle TSIG authentication. For gRPC and QUIC, the server checks whether the TSIG key name exists in the configuration but n
- 9.8 Critical severity
opencti: Improper Authentication
OpenCTI is an open source platform for managing cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. In versions 6.6.0 through 6.9.12, there is a privilege escalation vulnerability that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to query the API as any exis
- 9.8 Critical severity
MoreConvert Pro: Improper Authentication
The MoreConvert Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.14. This is due to the guest waitlist verification flow not invalidating or regenerating verification tokens when the customer email addre
- 9.4 Critical severity
note-mark: Improper Authentication
Note Mark is an open-source note-taking application. In version 0.19.2, IsPasswordMatch in backend/db/models.go falls back to a hard-coded bcrypt("null") placeholder whenever a user has no stored password. OIDC-registered users are created with an empty passwo
- 7.3 High severity
prefect: Improper Authentication
A flaw has been found in PrefectHQ prefect up to 3.6.13. Affected is an unknown function of the file /api/events/in of the component WebSocket Endpoint. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing authentication. The attack may be performed from remote. The e
- 7.3 High severity
yudao-cloud: Improper Authentication
A security flaw has been discovered in YunaiV yudao-cloud up to 3.8.0. This affects the function doFilterInternal of the file JwtAuthenticationTokenFilter.java of the component Ruoyi-Vue-Pro. Performing a manipulation of the argument mock-token results in impr
- 7.3 High severity
yudao-cloud: Improper Authentication
A security flaw has been discovered in YunaiV yudao-cloud up to 2026.01. This impacts the function getAccessToken of the file yudao-module-system-biz/src/main/java/io/github/ruoyi/common/oauth2/service/impl/OAuth2TokenServiceImpl.java. Performing a manipulatio
- 7.3 High severity
InnoShop: Improper Authentication
A vulnerability has been found in innocommerce InnoShop up to 0.7.8. The affected element is the function InstallServiceProvider::boot of the file innopacks/install/src/InstallServiceProvider.php of the component Installation Endpoint. The manipulation leads t
- 8.8 High severity
Linux: Improper Authentication
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SMP: derive legacy responder STK authentication from MITM state The legacy responder path in smp_random() currently labels the stored STK as authenticated whenever pending_sec_level
- 9.8 Critical severity
Mipc252w Firmware: Improper Authentication
MERCURY MIPC252W IP camera 1.0.5 Build 230306 Rel.79931n contains an improper authentication vulnerability in the RTSP service. After successful Digest authentication in an initial DESCRIBE request, the device does not verify the Digest response parameter in s
- 7.3 High severity
MiroFish: Improper Authentication
A flaw has been found in 666ghj MiroFish up to 0.1.2. This affects the function create_app of the file backend/app/__init__.py of the component REST API Endpoint. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing authentication. It is possible to launch the attack
- 7.3 High severity
sre: Improper Authentication
A security vulnerability has been detected in SmythOS sre up to 0.0.15. Affected is the function AgentRuntime of the file packages/core/src/subsystems/AgentManager/AgentRuntime.class.ts of the component HTTP Header Handler. Such manipulation of the argument X-
- 9.1 Critical severity
budibase: Improper Authentication
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.35.4, the authenticated middleware uses unanchored regular expressions to match public (no-auth) endpoint patterns against ctx.request.url. Since ctx.request.url in Koa includes the query string, an atta
- 9.8 Critical severity
Flowise: Improper Authentication
Flowise is a drag & drop user interface to build a customized large language model flow. Prior to 3.1.0, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of FlowiseAI Flowise. Authentication is not required to explo
- 10.0 Critical severity
paperclip: Improper Authentication
Paperclip is a Node.js server and React UI that orchestrates a team of AI agents to run a business. Prior to version 2026.416.0, an unauthenticated attacker can achieve full remote code execution on any network-accessible Paperclip instance running in `authent