CVE-2026-123802Improper Authentication
NVDCVSS scored by security-advisories@github.com
Vulnerability Summary
SuperTokens Core is an open source authentication server. From 11.3.0 until 11.3.8, 11.4.8, 12.0.11, 12.1.2, 12.2.1, and 12.3.1, a licensed deployment with a configured SAML client can authenticate an identity from an assertion that did not satisfy the audience check. When the identity provider uses assertion-level signing, an attacker who has a still-valid IdP-signed assertion naming the victim for any audience and the attacker's own valid assertion for the target audience can combine them because validateSamlResponseAudience accepts an audience from one assertion while extractAllClaims takes the final NameID and attributes from another; response-level signing does not expose this multi-assertion variant. Independently, an assertion from an identity provider configured for the target deployment but issued to another SuperTokens deployment using the shared default saml_sp_entity_id can satisfy the target's audience check. Successful exploitation authenticates the attacker as the victim IdP user. This issue is fixed in versions 11.3.8, 11.4.8, 12.0.11, 12.1.2, 12.2.1, and 12.3.1.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 8.1 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NAttack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone
Affected & Patched Versions
Not provided by NVD for this CVE.
No patched version published yet
Until a fix ships, reduce exposure:
- Restrict access to the affected service or interface to trusted networks.
- Disable the affected feature if you do not need it.
- Watch the vendor advisory for a firmware or software update.
What to do
Plan remediation soon. No exploitation is confirmed yet, but the severity is high.
- Check whether you run the affected product and which version.
- No patched version is listed yet. Limit access to the affected service to trusted networks, and disable the feature if you can.
- Subscribe to the vendor advisory so you learn when a fix ships.
Timeline
- Nov 9, 2026Published
- Nov 12, 2026Record last modified
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Set up CVE alertsExternal References
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/00a15e045323ba8a566ca6f59b70125b4030ab6c
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/1645915320c5dfc22bce9029eb7d8364f8df402f
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/1d0fd5b40848629295cf86d47be185f92f31e445
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/324686349b21ab46fe465ca5f74294d6c68d3859
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/53f42f496477e7cc3ccd48fe57851fa08d06a248
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/5ffdd887b470035f409d61f85f2186381ad9cdd6
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/8e69a85e38709b832869c3bfc83df9a150d6f3cf
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/a2483b692d43294fdb9ad2f8f6f831cca8300081
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/b21760ceb5089b0fa30c8fd46f7bbfc680de56dd
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/c77b13061176d9bd50ed24a9cf50ffbcdf332ee5
- Patchhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/commit/f4ddc022ef1ee17933efb710c21a960cb4ada083
- Referencehttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.3.8
- Referencehttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v11.4.8
- Referencehttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.0.11
- Referencehttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.1.2
- Referencehttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.2.1
- Referencehttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/releases/tag/v12.3.1
- Vendor Advisoryhttps://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core/security/advisories/GHSA-wfg2-vqfg-rqh6
Data last checked: Nov 13, 2026 21:28 UTC