CVE 9.8 CRITICAL

OpenOLAT: Authentication bypass via forged JWT in OIDC implicit flow_CVE-2026-31946

9.8 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

OpenOlat is an open source web-based e-learning platform for teaching, learning, assessment and communication. From version 10.5.4 to before version 20.2.5, OpenOLAT's OpenID Connect implicit flow implementation does not verify JWT signatures. The JSONWebToken.parse() method silently discards the signature segment of the compact JWT (header.payload.signature), and the getAccessToken() methods in both OpenIdConnectApi and OpenIdConnectFullConfigurableApi only validate claim-level fields (issuer, audience, state, nonce) without any cryptographic signature verification against the Identity Provider's JWKS endpoint. This issue has been patched in version 20.2.5.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-31946
Source GitHub_M
Published Mar 30, 2026 at 20:31
Modified Mar 31, 2026 at 14:08

Affected Product

Vendor OpenOLAT
Product OpenOLAT
Version >= 10.5.4, < 20.2.5
Affected Versions OpenOLAT OpenOLAT >= 10.5.4, < 20.2.5

CWE Classification

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