mediumCVSS 6.1Vulnerability

GHSA-gpxg-fx2g-qxj2

### Summary The kanidmd web UI renders the WebAuthn passkey-registration challenge as raw JSON inside an inline `<script id="data">` element using the Askama `|safe` filter. The challenge embeds the account's `displayname`, which `serde_json` serialises without escaping `<`/`>`. A `displayname` containing `</script>` therefore terminates the script element early and injects arbitrary HTML into the credential-update page. Because the page is htmx-driven and the server's CSP allows `'unsafe-eval'`, injected `hx-*` attributes can issue authenticated same-origin API requests with the viewer's bearer cookie. ### Impact An authenticated attacker who is a member of `idm_people_admins` can write the `displayname` of any `Person` entry — including high-privilege persons — because `idm_acp_people_pii_manage` carries no high-privilege exclusion filter. When the targeted high-privilege user later opens **Add Passkey** on their own credential-update page (`/ui/reset`), the injected markup is swapped into the DOM and htmx fires attacker-chosen same-origin requests authenticated as the victim. This allows a helpdesk-tier operator to escalate to `idm_admins` (e.g. by POSTing themselves into the group) or otherwise act with the victim's session. The self-write path (`idm_people_self_name_write`) is self-XSS only and is not counted toward impact. Even without the htmx vector, the breakout permits `<meta http-equiv='refresh'>` open-redirect and arbitrary defacement of the credential page. ### Details - https://github.com/kanidm/kanidm/blob/master/server/core/templates/credential_update_add_passkey_partial.html#L3 — the `|safe` sink - https://github.com/kanidm/kanidm/blob/master/server/core/src/https/views/reset.rs#L506-L509 — `serde_json::to_string` of the challenge - https://github.com/kanidm/kanidm/blob/master/server/lib/src/idm/credupdatesession.rs#L2453-L2460 — `displayname` flows into `start_passkey_registration` ### Affected versions All releases shipping the htmx credent

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-gpxg-fx2g-qxj2
severity
medium
summary
Kanidm: Stored HTML injection in "passkey-enrolment" partial via displayname → htmx-driven authenticated request forgery
cvss_score
6.1
cve_id
GHSA-gpxg-fx2g-qxj2
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-05-06T23:34:20Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpxg-fx2g-qxj2
ghsa_updated
2026-05-06T23:34:23Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]rust/kanidm

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]rust/kanidm

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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