CVE-2023-44399

ZITADEL's password reset does not respect the "Ignoring unknown usernames" setting

Published Oct 10, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
ZITADEL provides identity infrastructure. In versions 2.37.2 and prior, ZITADEL administrators can enable a setting called "Ignoring unknown usernames" which helps mitigate attacks that try to guess/enumerate usernames. While this settings was properly working during the authentication process it did not work correctly on the password reset flow. This meant that even if this feature was active that an attacker could use the password reset function to verify if an account exist within ZITADEL. This bug has been patched in versions 2.37.3 and 2.38.0. No known workarounds are available.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-2814 ZITADEL provides identity infrastructure. In versions 2.37.2 and prior, ZITADEL administrators can enable a setting called "Ignoring unknown usernames" which helps mitigate attacks that try to guess/enumerate usernames. While this settings was properly working during the authentication process it did not work correctly on the password reset flow. This meant that even if this feature was active that an attacker could use the password reset function to verify if an account exist within ZITADEL. This bug has been patched in versions 2.37.3 and 2.38.0. No known workarounds are available.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v683-rcxx-vpff ZITADEL's password reset does not respect the "Ignoring unknown usernames" setting
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 19, 2024, 2:18 PM
Reserved
Sep 28, 2023, 5:56 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 10, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:27 AM