CVE-2025-53942: Authentik has insufficient check for account active status when authenticating with OAuth/SAML Sources

CVE-2025-53942 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-08-11

Authentik has insufficient check for account active status when authenticating with OAuth/SAML Sources in goauthentik.io

Technologies: goauthentik.io (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-53942 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-53942 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-53942?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 11 August 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
goauthentik.io (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.0.0-20250722122105-7a4c6b9b50f8.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-53942?
Yes. goauthentik.io (Go): upgrade to 0.0.0-20250722122105-7a4c6b9b50f8 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-53942?
Check whether you run goauthentik.io (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • goauthentik.io (Go): upgrade to 0.0.0-20250722122105-7a4c6b9b50f8 or later
    go get goauthentik.io@v0.0.0-20250722122105-7a4c6b9b50f8

Affected products

  • goauthentik.io (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.0.0-20250722122105-7a4c6b9b50f8

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-53942
  • GHSA-9g4j-v8w5-7x42
  • GO-2025-3822

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