Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-27478 · published 11 March 2026
CVE-2026-27478: Unitycatalog authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability
Unitycatalog · Unitycatalog
Unity Catalog is an open, multi-modal Catalog for data and AI. In 0.4.0 and earlier, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the Unity Catalog token exchange endpoint (/api/1.0/unity-control/auth/tokens). The endpoint extracts the issuer (iss) claim from incoming JWTs and uses it to dynamically fetch the JWKS endpoint for signature validation without validating that the issuer is a trusted identity provider.
Description
Unity Catalog is an open, multi-modal Catalog for data and AI. In 0.4.0 and earlier, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the Unity Catalog token exchange endpoint (/api/1.0/unity-control/auth/tokens). The endpoint extracts the issuer (iss) claim from incoming JWTs and uses it to dynamically fetch the JWKS endpoint for signature validation without validating that the issuer is a trusted identity provider.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/unitycatalog/unitycatalog/security/advisories/GHSA-qqcj-rghw-829x | Vendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-27478), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.