Vulnerability · CVE-2026-33494
ORY Oathkeeper is an Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authorizes HTTP requests based on sets of Access Rules.
Published Mar 26, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · ORY Oathkeeper is an
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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-33494. EPSS is 0.64%. Act only if a listed version of ORY Oathkeeper is an is installed.
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- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (ORY Oathkeeper is an).
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- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical10.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.64%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe ory/oathkeeper
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. ) 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.
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- cpe ory/oathkeeperversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-33494
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-33494. EPSS is 0.64%. Act only if a listed version of ORY Oathkeeper is an is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-23. EPSS 0.64%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 26, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
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. ) that resolves to a protected path after normalization, but is matched against a permissive r
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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. ) that resolves to a protected path after normalization, but is matched against a permissive r
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33494
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-33494
30-day exploitation probability 0.6%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33494
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
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.