{"id":"CVE-2024-32868","aliases":["EUVD-2024-1144","GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239","GO-2024-2788"],"status":"published","title":"ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass","description":"ZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email. While ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks. This issue has been patched in version 2.50.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00456,"percentile":0.39911,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-287","CWE-297","CWE-307"],"published":"2024-04-25T18:31:31Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:09Z","exploits":[{"source":"pocgithub","id":"taiwoonileowo16-creator/CVE-2024-32868-Assignment-1","title":"taiwoonileowo16-creator/CVE-2024-32868-Assignment-1","date":"2026-10-21","url":"https://github.com/taiwoonileowo16-creator/CVE-2024-32868-Assignment-1"}],"fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/zitadel/zitadel","fixed_in":["2.50.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/zitadel/zitadel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.50.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/zitadel/zitadel","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.50.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/zitadel/zitadel","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"zitadel","product":"zitadel"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.50.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32868","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/32xxx/CVE-2024-32868.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-32868","title":"ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass","description":"ZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email. While ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks. This issue has been patched in version 2.50.0.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-04-25T23:53:37.235Z","modified":"2024-08-05T16:54:00.249Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-307","CWE-297"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:15.337999Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-1144","description":"ZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email. While ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks. This issue has been patched in version 2.50.0.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-04-25T23:53:37Z","modified":"2024-08-05T16:54:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:23:29.187521Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239","title":"ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass","description":"### Impact\nZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email.\n\nWhile ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks.\n\n### Patches\n2.x versions are fixed on \u003e= [2.50.0](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.50.0)\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no workaround since a patch is already available.\n\n### References\nNone\n\n### Questions\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [security@zitadel.com](mailto:security@zitadel.com)\n\n### Credits\n\nThanks to Jack Moran from Layer 9 Information Security, Ethan from zxsecurity and Amit Laish from GE Vernova for finding and reporting the vulnerability. \n","status":"published","published":"2024-04-25T18:31:31Z","modified":"2024-11-18T16:26:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-287","CWE-297","CWE-307"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:20.012356Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-32868","description":"ZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email. While ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks. This issue has been patched in version 2.50.0.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-04-26T00:15:08.753Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:30:35.137Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-297","CWE-307"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:53.50104Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-32868","title":"ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass","description":"ZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email. While ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks. This issue has been patched in version 2.50.0.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-04-25T23:53:37.235Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:09.656312461Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-297","CWE-307"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:40.391953Z"},{"id":"GHSA-7j7j-66cv-m239","title":"ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass","description":"### Impact\nZITADEL provides users the possibility to use Time-based One-Time-Password (TOTP) and One-Time-Password (OTP) through SMS and Email.\n\nWhile ZITADEL already gives administrators the option to define a `Lockout Policy` with a maximum amount of failed password check attempts, there was no such mechanism for (T)OTP checks.\n\n### Patches\n2.x versions are fixed on \u003e= [2.50.0](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v2.50.0)\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no workaround since a patch is already available.\n\n### References\nNone\n\n### Questions\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [security@zitadel.com](mailto:security@zitadel.com)\n\n### Credits\n\nThanks to Jack Moran from Layer 9 Information Security, Ethan from zxsecurity and Amit Laish from GE Vernova for finding and reporting the vulnerability. \n","status":"published","published":"2024-04-25T18:31:31Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:12.343011577Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-287","CWE-297","CWE-307"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:41.002603Z"},{"id":"GO-2024-2788","title":"ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass in github.com/zitadel/zitadel","description":"ZITADEL's Improper Lockout Mechanism Leads to MFA Bypass in github.com/zitadel/zitadel.\n\nNOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.\n\n(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)\n\nThe additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/zitadel/zitadel before v2.50.0.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-05T15:10:52Z","modified":"2024-07-09T19:33:56Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.453823Z"}]}}