CVE•Published 2026-03-26•Modified 2026-04-07•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-33494Ory · Oathkeeper

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

10.0

CRITICAL

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-23Relative Path Traversal

Description

ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules. Versions prior to 26.2.0 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass via HTTP path traversal. An attacker can craft a URL containing path traversal sequences (e.g. `/public/../admin/secrets`) that resolves to a protected path after normalization, but is matched against a permissive rule because the raw, un-normalized path is used during rule evaluation. Version 26.2.0 contains a patch.

Timeline

Published 2026-03-26

Modified 2026-04-07

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB Sploitus VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-33494

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Ory Oathkeeper"

All exposed Ory Oathkeeper instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Oathkeeper"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Oathkeeper" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-33494