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GHSA-jj94-6f5c-65r8

GitHub Security Advisory

ZITADEL Allows Unauthorized Access After Organization or Project Deactivation

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Summary
In Zitadel, even after an organization is deactivated, associated projects, respectively their applications remain active. Users across other organizations can still log in and access through these applications, leading to unauthorized access.
Additionally, if a project was deactivated access to applications was also still possible.

### Details
The issue stems from the fact that when an organization is deactivated in Zitadel, the applications associated with it do not automatically deactivate. The application lifecycle is not tightly coupled with the organization's lifecycle, leading to a situation where the organization or project is marked as inactive, but its resources remain accessible.

### PoC
- Create a new Organization, create new project and setup OpenID connect.
- Deactivate an Organization
- Setup authentication without selecting Check for Project on Authentication
- User is able to login despite the organization is deactivated

### Impact
This vulnerability allows for unauthorized access to projects and their resources, which should have been restricted post-organization deactivation.

### Patches

2.x versions are fixed on >= [2.62.1](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.62.1)
2.61.x versions are fixed on >= [2.61.1](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.61.1)
2.60.x versions are fixed on >= [2.60.2](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.60.2)
2.59.x versions are fixed on >= [2.59.3](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.59.3)
2.58.x versions are fixed on >= [2.58.5](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.58.5)
2.57.x versions are fixed on >= [2.57.5](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.57.5)
2.56.x versions are fixed on >= [2.56.6](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.56.6)
2.55.x versions are fixed on >= [2.55.8](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.55.8)
2.54.x versions are fixed on >= [2.54.10](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.54.10)

### Workaround
Unpatched versions can explicitly disable the application to make sure the client is not allowed anymore.

### Questions
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

### Credits
Thanks to @prdp1137 for reporting this!

Affected Packages

Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 2.62.0 (fixed in 2.62.1)
Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 2.61.0 (fixed in 2.61.1)
Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 2.60.0 (fixed in 2.60.2)
Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 2.59.0 (fixed in 2.59.3)
Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 2.58.0 (fixed in 2.58.5)
Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 2.57.0 (fixed in 2.57.5)
Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 2.56.0 (fixed in 2.56.6)
Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 2.55.0 (fixed in 2.55.8)
Go github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.54.10)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-jj94-6f5c-65r8
Published
September 19, 2024 4:08 PM
Last Modified
November 18, 2024 4:27 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Go
Primary Package
github.com/zitadel/zitadel/v2
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: June 29, 2025 6:26 AM

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