CVE-2024-1524 A local user can be impersonated when using federated authentication with Silent JIT Provisioning.
Attackers can impersonate local users by exploiting Silent JIT Provisioning in federated authentication setups with matching usernames.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1524?
CVE-2024-1524 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Wso2 Api Manager, published on 24 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When the "Silent Just-In-Time Provisioning" feature is enabled for a federated identity provider (IDP) there is a risk that a local user store user's information may be replaced during the account provisioning process in cases where federated users share the same username as local users.
There will be no impact on your deployment if any of the preconditions mentioned below are not met. Only when all the preconditions mentioned below are fulfilled could a malicious actor associate a targeted local user account with a federated IDP user account that they control.
The Deployment should have: -An IDP configured for federated authentication with Silent JIT provisioning enabled.
The malicious actor should have: -A fresh valid user account in the federated IDP that has not been used earlier. -Knowledge of the username of a valid user in the local IDP. -An account at the federated IDP matching the targeted local username.
Weakness: CWE-290
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1524?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Wso2 Api Manager, Wso2 Identity Server.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1524?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-1524 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1524 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-p4xj-mrqw-g3f3.