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    CVE-2023-6837

    Multiple WSO2 products have been identified as vulnerable to perform user impersonatoin using JIT provisioning. In order for this vulnerability to have any impact on your deployment, following conditions must be met: * An IDP configured for federated authentication and JIT provisioning enabled with the "Prompt for username, password and consent" option. * A service provider that uses the above IDP for federated authentication and has the "Assert identity using mapped local subject identifier" flag enabled. Attacker should have: * A fresh valid user account in the federated IDP that has not been used earlier. * Knowledge of the username of a valid user in the local IDP. When all preconditions are met, a malicious actor could use JIT provisioning flow to perform user impersonation.

    Published:Dec 15, 2023
    Last Modified:Sep 25, 2025
    EPS:Dec 15, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00316
    CVSS Score:8.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wso2
    Product
    Api Manager
    Vendor
    Wso2
    Product
    Carbon Identity Application Authentication Endpoint
    Vendor
    Wso2
    Product
    Carbon Identity Application Authentication Framework
    Vendor
    Wso2
    Product
    Identity Server
    Vendor
    Wso2
    Product
    Identity Server As Key Manager

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    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High