Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-33503

ory kratos

Ory Kratos has a SQL injection via forged pagination tokens

CVSS 3.1
7.2High

Official description

Ory Kratos is an identity, user management and authentication system for cloud services. Prior to version 26.2.0, the ListCourierMessages Admin API in Ory Kratos is vulnerable to SQL injection due to flaws in its pagination implementation. Pagination tokens are encrypted using the secret configured in `secrets.pagination`. An attacker who knows this secret can craft their own tokens, including malicious tokens that lead to SQL injection. If this configuration value is not set, Kratos falls back to a default pagination encryption secret. Because this default value is publicly known, attackers can generate valid and malicious pagination tokens manually for installations where this secret is not set. As a first line of defense, immediately configure a custom value for `secrets.pagination` by generating a cryptographically secure random secret. Next, upgrade Kratos** to a fixed version, 26.2.0 or later, as soon as possible.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.2High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
ory kratos < 26.2.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-03-26
Last updated
2026-04-01
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
GitHub_M

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.26%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
18%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-89
    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')