A vulnerability allows users authenticating through a federated OIDC provider to obtain the uaa.admin scope despite operators restricting that provider through externalGroupsWhitelist configuration. The issue occurs specifically when an OIDC identity provider uses groupMappingMode: AS_SCOPES with a wildcard externalGroupsWhitelist entry.

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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability allows users authenticating through a federated OIDC provider to obtain the uaa.admin scope despite operators restricting that provider through externalGroupsWhitelist configuration. The issue occurs specifically when an OIDC identity provider uses groupMappingMode: AS_SCOPES with a wildcard externalGroupsWhitelist entry.
Title Federated OIDC Users Can Bypass externalGroupsWhitelist to Gain uaa.admin
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

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Updated: 2026-09-11T09:20:14.343Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T10:00:51.003Z

Link: CVE-2026-47839

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T10:16:51.567

Modified: 2026-09-11T10:16:51.567

Link: CVE-2026-47839

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