CVE-2023-46249

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Antes de las versiones 2023.8.4 y 2023.10.2, cuando se eliminaba el usuario administrador predeterminado, era posible que un atacante estableciera la contrase\u00f1a del usuario administrador predeterminado sin ninguna autenticaci\u00f3n. authentik utiliza un modelo para crear el usuario administrador predeterminado, que tambi\u00e9n puede establecer opcionalmente la contrase\u00f1a de los usuarios administradores predeterminados desde una variable de entorno. Cuando se elimina el usuario, el flujo de \"configuraci\u00f3n inicial\" utilizado para configurar authentik despu\u00e9s de la primera instalaci\u00f3n vuelve a estar disponible. authentik 2023.8.4 y 2023.10.2 solucionan este problema. Como workaround, aseg\u00farese de que el usuario administrador predeterminado (nombre de usuario `akadmin`) exista y tenga una contrase\u00f1a establecida. Se recomienda utilizar una contrase\u00f1a muy segura para este usuario y guardarla en un lugar seguro como un administrador de contrase\u00f1as. 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