CVE-2025-52553

authentik is an open-source identity provider. After authorizing access to a RAC endpoint, authentik creates a token which is used for a single connection and is sent to the client in the URL. This token is intended to only be valid for the session of the user who authorized the connection, however this check is missing in versions prior to 2025.6.3 and 2025.4.3. When, for example, using RAC during a screenshare, a malicious user could access the same session by copying the URL from the shown browser. authentik 2025.4.3 and 2025.6.3 fix this issue. As a workaround, it is recommended to decrease the duration a token is valid for (in the RAC Provider settings, set Connection expiry to `minutes=5` for example). The maintainers of authentik also recommend enabling the option Delete authorization on disconnect.

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-52553 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-52553.

URL	Resource
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/0e07414e9739b318cff9401a413a5fe849545325
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/65373ab21711d58147b5cb9276c5b5876baaa5eb
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/commit/7100d3c6741853f1cfe3ea2073ba01823ab55caa
https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-wr3v-9p2c-chx7