CVE-2026-33494

Ory Oathkeeper has a path traversal authorization bypass

Published Mar 26, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 10 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules. Versions prior to 26.2.0 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass via HTTP path traversal. An attacker can craft a URL containing path traversal sequences (e.g. `/public/../admin/secrets`) that resolves to a protected path after normalization, but is matched against a permissive rule because the raw, un-normalized path is used during rule evaluation. Version 26.2.0 contains a patch.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p224-6x5r-fjpm Ory Oathkeeper has a path traversal authorization bypass
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ory:oathkeeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Ory
Ory oathkeeper
Vendors & Products Ory
Ory oathkeeper
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Description ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules. Versions prior to 26.2.0 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass via HTTP path traversal. An attacker can craft a URL containing path traversal sequences (e.g. `/public/../admin/secrets`) that resolves to a protected path after normalization, but is matched against a permissive rule because the raw, un-normalized path is used during rule evaluation. Version 26.2.0 contains a patch.
Title Ory Oathkeeper has a path traversal authorization bypass
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 27, 2026, 1:58 PM
Reserved
Mar 20, 2026, 4:59 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 26, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:37 AM