ZITADEL: Missing Token Expiration (`exp`) Validation in JWT IdP Provider

Summary A token lifecycle validation vulnerability was discovered in ZITADEL's external JWT Identity Provider IdP implementation Specifically, within the validation pipeline, if an incoming JWT omits the exp claim entirely, the expiration block is silently skipped rather than rejected. The token ...

CVE-2026-56664

ZITADEL’s external JWT Identity Provider validation (internal/idp/providers/jwt/session.go) did not enforce maximum token age (missing iat) in tokens, allowing arbitrarily old tokens from a trusted issuer to pass authentication. Affected: ZITADEL core platform; vulnerable code path in the JWT IdP...

CVE-2026-55669

ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. Prior to 3.4.12 and 4.15.2, ZITADEL's external JWT Identity Provider validates a token's signature and issuer iss but not the audience aud claim, allowing a validly signed token from a trusted issuer for another relying party to be accepted ...

GHSA-G5H5-M4HM-XJRR ZITADEL: Missing Token Audience Validation (`aud`) in JWT IdP Provider

Summary An authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered in ZITADEL's external JWT Identity Provider IdP implementation. When validating JSON Web Tokens JWTs from an external provider, ZITADEL properly checks the token's cryptographic signature and issuer iss, but it fails to validate the...