CVE-2025-23017 Auth bypass in Hosted AuthKit
Attackers with valid passwords can bypass MFA by enrolling new factors, leading to account takeover in WorkOS Hosted AuthKit.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-23017?
CVE-2025-23017 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in WorkOS Hosted AuthKit, published on 24 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
WorkOS Hosted AuthKit before 2025-01-07 allows a password authentication MFA bypass (by enrolling a new authentication factor) when the attacker knows the user's password. No exploitation occurred.
Weakness: CWE-305
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23017?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23017?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23017 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-2025-23017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3x3j-pmx9-j3r7.