CVE-2026-32132
Published: 11 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-32132 is a high-severity Insufficient Session Expiration (CWE-613) vulnerability in Zitadel Zitadel. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 13.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Locks the device (typically after inactivity) until re-authentication, addressing insufficient session expiration by preventing indefinite access.
Automatically terminating sessions after a defined period directly enforces session expiration, preventing indefinite session lifetimes that attackers can exploit.
Re-authentication after inactivity or time-based triggers prevents indefinite use of potentially hijacked or stale sessions.
Terminating sessions and network connections upon completion prevents insufficient session expiration.
Directly enforces termination of network sessions after inactivity or end-of-session, preventing indefinite session lifetime.
Consistent clocks across systems allow session expiration and timeout enforcement to function as intended in distributed environments.
When the non-persistent artifact is a session or connection, mandatory termination implements the missing expiration that CWE-613 describes.
Timed refresh of session-related information or on-demand generation plus deletion implements proper session expiration.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Remote network exploitation of public-facing ZITADEL registration endpoints (T1190) due to insufficient expiration enables unauthorized addition of attacker-controlled passkey credentials to a victim account (T1098 Account Manipulation).
NVD Description
ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. Prior to 3.4.8 and 4.12.2, a potential vulnerability exists in Zitadel's passkey registration endpoints. This endpoint allows registering a new passkey using a previously retrieved code. An improper expiration check of the…
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code, could allow an attacker to potentially register their own passkey and gain access to the victim's account. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.4.8 and 4.12.2.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-32132 is a vulnerability in ZITADEL, an open source identity management platform, affecting versions prior to 3.4.8 and 4.12.2. The issue resides in the passkey registration endpoints, where an improper expiration check on previously retrieved codes allows unauthorized registration attempts. This flaw, classified under CWE-613 (Insufficient Session Expiration), has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.4 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N), indicating high confidentiality and integrity impacts from a network-based attack.
A remote attacker without privileges can exploit this vulnerability by obtaining a victim's passkey registration code and using it after its intended expiration to register their own passkey. Successful exploitation grants the attacker access to the victim's account, potentially enabling account takeover without user interaction, though it requires high attack complexity.
ZITADEL addressed this vulnerability in releases 3.4.8 and 4.12.2, as detailed in the project's GitHub release notes and security advisory (GHSA-2x66-r53r-9r86). Security practitioners should upgrade to these patched versions to mitigate the risk.
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