CVE-2025-64103
CRITICALZitadel 2.53.6-2.53.8, 2.54.3, 2.55.0 - Improper Authentication via MFA Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
Starting from 2.53.6, 2.54.3, and 2.55.0, Zitadel only required multi factor authentication in case the login policy has either enabled requireMFA or requireMFAForLocalUsers. If a user has set up MFA without this requirement, Zitadel would consider single factor auhtenticated sessions as valid as well and not require multiple factors. Bypassing second authentication factors weakens multifactor authentication and enables attackers to bypass the more secure factor. An attacker can target the TOTP code alone, only six digits, bypassing password verification entirely and potentially compromising accounts with 2FA enabled. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.6.0, 3.4.3, and 2.71.18.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjq-28r2-4jv5
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
21.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-287
CWE-308
Status
published
Products (3)
zitadel/zitadel
0 - 1.80.0-v2.20.0.20251029091250-b284f8474eedGo
zitadel/zitadel
2.53.6Go
zitadel/zitadel
2.53.6 - 2.53.9
Published
Oct 29, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026