Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 12, 2026· Updated Feb 17, 2026
authentik has a forward authentication bypass with broken cookie
CVE-2026-25748
Description
authentik is an open-source identity provider. Prior to 2025.10.4 and 2025.12.4, with a malformed cookie it was possible to bypass authentication when using forward authentication in the authentik Proxy Provider when used in conjunction with Traefik or Caddy as reverse proxy. When a malicious cookie was used, none of the authentik-specific X-Authentik-* headers were set which depending on application can grant access to an attacker. authentik 2025.10.4 and 2025.12.4 fix this issue.
Affected products
2- goauthentik/authentikv5Range: >= 2025.10.0-rc1, < 2025.10.4
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2025.10.4mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version%2F2025.12.4mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/goauthentik/authentik/security/advisories/GHSA-fj56-5763-j8ppmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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