BIT-AUTHENTIK-2026-57580 authentik: Account Takeover via SAML NameID Comment Truncation

authentik is an open-source identity provider. Prior to 2026.2.6 and 2026.5.5, an inbound SAML Source configured with the non-default USERNAMELINK or EMAILLINK user-matching mode interprets an XML comment in a NameID differently from the identity provider's signed assertion. An attacker with an...

PT-2026-79842

authentik is an open-source identity provider. Prior to 2026.2.6 and 2026.5.5, an inbound SAML Source configured with the non-default USERNAME LINK or EMAIL LINK user-matching mode interprets an XML comment in a NameID differently from the identity provider's signed assertion. An attacker with an...

CVE-2026-40165

authentik is an open-source identity provider. Versions 2025.12.4 and prior, and versions 2026.2.0-rc1 through 2026.2.2 were vulnerable to Authentication Bypass through SAML NameID XML Comment Injection. Due to how authentik extracted the NameID value from a SAML assertion, it was possible for an...

CVE-2026-40165: Improper Authentication

authentik is an open-source identity provider. Versions 2025.12.4 and prior, and versions 2026.2.0-rc1 through 2026.2.2 were vulnerable to Authentication Bypass through SAML NameID XML Comment Injection. Due to how authentik extracted the NameID value from a SAML assertion, it was possible for an...