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CVE-2023-49097

Account Takeover via Malicious Host Header Injection

Severity
High 8.8
Published
29 Nov 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
2.39.9, 2.40.10, 2.41.6
Also known as
GHSA-2wmj-46rj-qm2w
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

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…

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
ZITADELServers and applications · cpe:a:zitadel:zitadel
  • From 2.39.0 before 2.39.9
  • From 2.40.0 before 2.40.10
  • From 2.41.0 before 2.41.6
ZITADELServers and applications · github:zitadel/zitadel
  • From 2.39.0 before 2.39.9

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49097
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49097
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wmj-46rj-qm2w
  • github.com https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-2wmj-46rj-qm2w