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CVE-2026-33496 Detail

Description

ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules. Versions prior to 26.2.0 are vulnerable to authentication bypass due to cache key confusion. The `oauth2_introspection` authenticator cache does not distinguish tokens that were validated with different introspection URLs. An attacker can therefore legitimately use a token to prime the cache, and subsequently use the same token for rules that use a different introspection server. Ory Oathkeeper has to be configured with multiple `oauth2_introspection` authenticator servers, each accepting different tokens. The authenticators also must be configured to use caching. An attacker has to have a way to gain a valid token for one of the configured introspection servers. Starting in version 26.2.0, Ory Oathkeeper includes the introspection server URL in the cache key, preventing confusion of tokens. Update to the patched version of Ory Oathkeeper. If that is not immediately possible, disable caching for `oauth2_introspection` authenticators.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/commit/198a2bc82a99e0a77bd0ffe290cbdd5285a1b17c GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/security/advisories/GHSA-4mq7-pvjg-xp2r GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-305 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-1289 Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-33496
NVD Published Date:
03/26/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/30/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.