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CVE-2026-102631

authd: Account takeover via username fallback in identity matching after IdP email reassignment

Canonical authd
CVSS
5.9Medium
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.11%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in0.7.1Also 0.7.1~ubuntu24.04.1, 0.7.1~ubuntu26.04CVE List
Published15 Oct 2026Updated 16 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

In authd before 0.7.1, the user identity matching in UpdateUser (internal/users/manager.go) resolves an incoming login by the broker-scoped provider ID, but falls back to matching the username when the provider ID does not belong to any known user, and does not reject a conflicting non-empty provider ID. If an identity provider reassigns an email address, which authd uses as the username, to a new account, the new account inherits the previous user's local UID and home directory on its next login. This allows the new user to access and modify files belonging to the previous user, including credentials such as SSH keys and cloud API tokens, and silently rebinds the local account record to the new identity. As a mitigation, administrators should lock or delete the previous user's local authd account when the corresponding IdP account is removed.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 3

  • authdaffected: 0.1 before 0.7.1CVE List
  • authdaffected: 0.1 before 0.7.1~ubuntu24.04.1CVE List
  • authdaffected: 0.1 before 0.7.1~ubuntu26.04CVE List

References 3