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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-53942-authentik-has-insufficient-check-for-account-active-status-when  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-08-11  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/goauthentik-io). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

  ```sh
  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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