GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-m6vc-f87m-cc2h Doorkeeper Openid Connect: Dynamic Client Registration feature creates public clients with client_secret

MEDIUM Published 2026-06-04 Modified 2026-06-09 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-44476
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
doorkeeper-openid_connect
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-290
Reviewed
2026-06-04

Affected packages

• RubyGems doorkeeper-openid_connect: >= 1.9.0, < 1.10.0 → fixed in 1.10.0

Description

Impact The `DynamicClientRegistrationController#register` action hard-codes `confidential: false` when creating applications (dynamic_client_registration_controller.rb:18-25), yet the response includes a client_secret and advertises `token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: ["client_secret_basic", "client_secret_post"]`. Because Doorkeeper's `Application.by_uid_and_secret` treats a blank/missing secret as valid for non-confidential (public) clients, an attacker who knows only the client_id (which is public information) can authenticate as the dynamically-registered client at the token endpoint. Note that Dynamic Client Registration is opt-in feature which is disabled by default so only projects that explicitly enabled it are affected. Steps to Reproduce 1. Enable dynamic client registration in the initializer 2. POST /oauth/registration with client_name, redirect_uris, and scope 3. Observe: response returns client_secret, but the created Doorkeeper::Application has confidential: false 4. Call `Doorkeeper::Application.by_uid_and_secret(client_id, nil)` — it returns the application (credentials bypass) 5. POST /oauth/token with grant_type=client_credentials and only client_id (no client_secret) — the token endpoint issues an access token without any secret verification Patches Patched in 1.10.0 Workarounds Upgrade existing applications created with a Dynamic Client registration to have `confidential: true`

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-44476 Doorkeeper is an OAuth 2 provider for Ruby on Rails. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness

References