Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-102893
Zulip: OpenID Connect authentication ignores the email_verified claim
Official description
Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. In Zulip Server versions through 12.1, GenericOpenIdConnectBackend matches the identity provider email claim to an active account's delivery_email without rejecting an explicitly false email_verified claim. If a configured identity provider returns an email address that the authenticating user does not control together with email_verified=false, Zulip can log the user into the existing account for that address. Exploitation requires a misconfigured trusted identity provider, and deployments whose authoritative identity provider only emits email addresses controlled by the authenticating user are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 12.2.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1Critical | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zulip | zulip | < 12.2 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
5- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/security/advisories/GHSA-xw9h-9rcm-hx4m x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/pull/39913 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/68d2d9defa39f8af96a50fc7430efc34dee120b5 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/commit/b40f191a8c71e74fcb471f71de6a1233de157102 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/zulip/zulip/releases/tag/12.2 x_refsource_MISC
Details
- Published
- 2026-10-14
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
- Kolun priority
- 22 · Low
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-287Improper Authentication