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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-49097 · published 30 November 2023

CVE-2023-49097: Zitadel weak password recovery vulnerability

Zitadel · Zitadel

ZITADEL is an identity infrastructure system. ZITADEL uses the notification triggering requests Forwarded or X-Forwarded-Host header to build the button link sent in emails for confirming a password reset with the emailed code. If this header is overwritten and a user clicks the link to a malicious site in the email, the secret code can be retrieved and used to reset the users password and take over his account. Accounts with MFA or Passwordless enabled can not be taken over by this attack. This issue has been patched in versions 2.41.6, 2.40.10 and 2.39.9.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.77% · top 46.3% CWE-640 · Weak password recovery
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.77%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

ZITADEL is an identity infrastructure system. ZITADEL uses the notification triggering requests Forwarded or X-Forwarded-Host header to build the button link sent in emails for confirming a password reset with the emailed code. If this header is overwritten and a user clicks the link to a malicious site in the email, the secret code can be retrieved and used to reset the users password and take over his account. Accounts with MFA or Passwordless enabled can not be taken over by this attack. This issue has been patched in versions 2.41.6, 2.40.10 and 2.39.9.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-2wmj-46rj-qm2w ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-2wmj-46rj-qm2w ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-49097), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.