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title: "CVE-2026-85057: ZITADEL - Broken Access Control"
description: "ZITADEL 3.0.0 to 3.4.13 and 4.16.1 contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused by unrestricted filesystem source loading in Actions V1 require() registry, letting organization owners disclose sensitive configuration and escalate privileges, exploit requires org.owner and specific action permissions."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-85057/
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# CVE-2026-85057 ZITADEL - Broken Access Control

ZITADEL 3.0.0 to 3.4.13 and 4.16.1 contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused by unrestricted filesystem source loading in Actions V1 require() registry, letting organization owners disclose sensitive configuration and escalate privileges, exploit requires org.owner and specific action permissions.

CVSS base score 8.7 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.39% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85057)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure, Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Published

24 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-284](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to versions 3.4.13 or 4.16.1 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85057](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85057)
- [https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/commit/e28d6bcc033368c3e9683ee15c195b8460b9305d](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/commit/e28d6bcc033368c3e9683ee15c195b8460b9305d)
- [https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v3.4.13](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v3.4.13)
- [https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v4.16.1](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v4.16.1)
- [https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-fgmf-7rf8-m6vf](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-fgmf-7rf8-m6vf)
- [https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/commit/afe108640cf57a17e8b743fbcdad9ae636eb3eb7](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/commit/afe108640cf57a17e8b743fbcdad9ae636eb3eb7)
- [https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/commit/baf6ed501b684f47048553d9034e8d3aa824950e](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/commit/baf6ed501b684f47048553d9034e8d3aa824950e)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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