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CVE-2026-33494

Ory Oathkeeper has a path traversal authorization bypass

Published: Mar 26, 2026Updated: Apr 7, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-23
10.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules. Versions prior to 26.2.0 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass via HTTP path traversal. An attacker can craft a URL containing path traversal sequences (e.g. `/public/../admin/secrets`) that resolves to a protected path after normalization, but is matched against a permissive rule because the raw, un-normalized path is used during rule evaluation. Version 26.2.0 contains a patch.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-23

Affected Products

oathkeeperory
Mixed
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
orycommercialCHSecurity Productsaka fosite, oathkeeper, hydra

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/security/advisories/GHSA-p224-6x5r-fjpm
github.com
https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/commit/8e0002140491c592db41fa141dc6ad68f417e2b2
github.com

Timeline

Published
Mar 26, 2026
Last Updated
Apr 7, 2026

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