BIT-AUTHENTIK-2024-52287 authentik performs insufficient validation of OAuth scopes

authentik is an open-source identity provider. When using the clientcredentials or devicecode OAuth grants, it was possible for an attacker to get a token from authentik with scopes that haven't been configured in authentik. authentik 2024.8.5 and 2024.10.3 fix this issue...

Microsoft OneDrive File Picker Flaw Grants Apps Full Cloud Access — Even When Uploading Just One File

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a security flaw in Microsoft's OneDrive File Picker that, if successfully exploited, could allow websites to access a user's entire cloud storage content, as opposed to just the files selected for upload via the tool. "This stems from overly broad OAuth...

GHSA-GCCQ-H3XJ-JGVF Pixelfed doesn't check OAuth Scopes in API routes, giving elevated permissions

Summary When processing requests authorization was improperly and insufficiently checked, allowing attackers to access far more functionality than users intended, including to the administrative and moderator functionality of the Pixelfed server. This vulnerability affects every version of Pixelf...

Design Flaw in Google Workspace Could Let Attackers Gain Unauthorized Access

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a "severe design flaw" in Google Workspace's domain-wide delegation DWD feature that could be exploited by threat actors to facilitate privilege escalation and obtain unauthorized access to Workspace APIs without super admin privileges. "Such exploitation...

Who's Experimenting with AI Tools in Your Organization?

With the record-setting growth of consumer-focused AI productivity tools like ChatGPT, artificial intelligence—formerly the realm of data science and engineering teams—has become a resource available to every employee. From a productivity perspective, that's fantastic. Unfortunately for IT and...

How to Investigate an OAuth Grant for Suspicious Activity or Overly Permissive Scopes

From a user's perspective, OAuth works like magic. In just a few keystrokes, you can whisk through the account creation process and gain immediate access to whatever new app or integration you're seeking. Unfortunately, few users understand the implications of the permissions they allow when they...

CVE-2014-7922

The GoogleAuthUtil.getToken method in the Google Play services SDK before 2015 sets parameters in OAuth token requests upon finding a corresponding opt parameter in the Bundle extras argument, which allows attackers to bypass an intended consent dialog and retrieve tokens for arbitrary OAuth scop...

CVE-2014-7922

CVE-2014-7922 involves the GoogleAuthUtil.getToken method in the Google Play services SDK prior to 2015. The vulnerability arises when the code sets parameters in OAuth token requests after detecting a corresponding opt parameter in the Bundle extras argument, enabling a crafted application to by...