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CVE-2026-118669VulnerabilityPublished

scoutsuite · OAuthLib: Token grants can use attacker-supplied client_id for authorization after authenticating a different client

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-118669· High 8.4

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High : upgrade to 5.14.0_17 soon.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 15:54 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.4High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 4.08.4
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.14.0_17
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade scoutsuite to 5.14.0_17.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Homebrewscoutsuitepkg:brew/scoutsuiteOther threatsAffected
  • >=5.13.0 <5.14.0_17
Fixed in
  • 5.14.0_17

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in OAuthlib version 5.14.0_17. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the issue. Until patched, deployments should verify that their RequestValidator implementations do not authorize based solely on the client_id argument passed by OAuthlib, but instead rely on the authenticated client object (request.client) for authorization decisions. This can mitigate the risk by preventing the attacker-supplied client_id from influencing grant and scope validation.

Description

OAuthlib contains a vulnerability in its token grant handlers where an authenticated low-privilege client can supply a different client_id in the token request body, causing authorization checks to be performed under that other client identity. This affects the client_credentials and password grant flows. The flaw arises because OAuthlib does not require the authenticated client's client_id to match the client_id parameter in the request body during grant and scope validation. This can lead to token authorization bypass where a low-privilege client obtains tokens with scopes or grant types assigned to a higher-privilege client.

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