How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitation is limited to authenticated users who are granted specific delegated permissions ("Can view * Property Mapping" or "Can view Expression Policy"). However, in environments where such permissions are broadly delegated, this can effectively become a high-impact, low-privilege remote code execution path.

Does an attacker need administrative access?

No. The attacker only needs an account with the affected "view" permissions. They do not need full administrator privileges, which makes the issue particularly severe if delegated permissions are used widely across teams or tenants.

What is the safest general fix pattern for this issue?

The safest pattern is to decouple "view" and "execute" behaviors and to ensure test/preview endpoints only evaluate expressions under tightly controlled, sandboxed conditions. Expressions should be interpreted by a restricted, domain-specific engine that cannot access arbitrary system resources or execute arbitrary code.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

Code Injection via Test Endpoint (CWE-94) in authentik Delegated Permissions

CVE-2026-25227

Published:

Feb 12, 2026

Status:

Undergoing Analysis

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Code Injection

CWE:

CWE-94

Impact:

Remote Code Execution within the authentik Server Container

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Code Injection

CWE:

CWE-94

Impact:

Remote Code Execution within the authentik Server Container

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Code Injection via Test Endpoint (CWE-94) in authentik Delegated Permissions

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

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CRITICAL

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