CVE-2026-102893 PUBLISHED

Zulip: OpenID Connect authentication ignores the email_verified claim

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 29.09.2026 Published: 14.10.2026 Updated: 14.10.2026

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. In Zulip Server versions through 12.1, GenericOpenIdConnectBackend matches the identity provider email claim to an active account's delivery_email without rejecting an explicitly false email_verified claim. If a configured identity provider returns an email address that the authenticating user does not control together with email_verified=false, Zulip can log the user into the existing account for that address. Exploitation requires a misconfigured trusted identity provider, and deployments whose authoritative identity provider only emits email addresses controlled by the authenticating user are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 12.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor zulip
Product zulip
Versions
  • Version < 12.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE