Improper Authorization

next-auth is vulnerable to Improper Authorization. A malicious actor could create an empty/mock user by getting hold of a NextAuth.js-issued JWT from an interrupted OAuth sign-in flow (state, PKCE or ...

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Authentication Bypass

authentik is vulnerable to authentication bypass due to an insufficient PKCE check. The vulnerability is caused by code_verifier step during the OAUTH initialisation flow. Authentik improperly accepts ...

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Microsoft Incident Response lessons on preventing cloud identity compromise

Microsoft observed a surge in cyberattacks targeting identities in 2023, with attempted password-based attacks increasing by more than tenfold in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period ...

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Microsoft Warns of Hackers Exploiting OAuth for Cryptocurrency Mining and Phishing

Microsoft has warned that adversaries are using OAuth applications as an automation tool to deploy virtual machines (VMs) for cryptocurrency mining and launch phishing attacks. "Threat actors ...

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Securing our home labs: Home Assistant code review

Introduction In July, the GitHub Security Lab team conducted a collaborative review of one of our favorite software pieces. While it's not uncommon for our Security Lab researchers to work togeth ...

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Non-Human Access is the Path of Least Resistance: A 2023 Recap

2023 has seen its fair share of cyber attacks, however there's one attack vector that proves to be more prominent than others - non-human access. With 11 high-profile attacks in 13 months and an ...

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Possible user mocking that bypasses basic authentication

Impact next-auth applications prior to version 4.24.5 that rely on the default Middleware authorization are affected. A bad actor could create an empty/mock user, by getting hold of a NextAuth.js-issu ...

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AI Solutions Are the New Shadow IT

Ambitious Employees Tout New AI Tools, Ignore Serious SaaS Security Risks Like the SaaS shadow IT of the past, AI is placing CISOs and cybersecurity teams in a tough but familiar spot. Employees are ...

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