{"id":"GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239","summary":"ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass","details":"### Impact\nZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email.\n\nWhile ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks.\n\n### Patches\n2.x versions are fixed on \u003e= [2.50.0](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.50.0)\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no workaround since a patch is already available.\n\n### References\nNone\n\n### Questions\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [security@zitadel.com](mailto:security@zitadel.com)\n\n### Credits\n\nThanks to Jack Moran from Layer 9 Information Security, Ethan from zxsecurity and Amit Laish from GE Vernova for finding and reporting the vulnerability. \n","aliases":["CVE-2024-32868","GO-2024-2788"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:12.343011577Z","published":"2024-04-25T18:31:31Z","database_specific":{"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2024-04-25T18:31:31Z","nvd_published_at":"2024-04-26T00:15:08Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-287","CWE-297","CWE-307"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32868"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.50.0"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/zitadel/zitadel","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/zitadel/zitadel"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.50.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/04/GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239/GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}