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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-22893

Strapi through 4.5.5 does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow when the AWS Cognito login provider is used for authentication. A remote attacker could forge an ID token that is signed using the 'None' type algorithm to bypass authentication and impersonate any user that use AWS Cognito for authentication.

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CVE-2023-22893
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8 Nov 2026, 03:13 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2023-22893

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Apr 2023, 00:00 UTC

Strapi through 4.5.5 does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow when the AWS Cognito login provider is used for authentication. A remote attacker could forge an ID token that is signed using the 'None' type algorithm to bypass authentication and impersonate any user that use AWS Cognito for authentication.

osv:CVE-2023-22893
Complete source record
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