Vulnerabilities in pkg:golang/github.com/ory/kratos

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-hgx2-28f8-6g2r",
  "modified" : "2026-03-27T20:59:34Z",
  "published" : "2026-03-20T20:54:54Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-33503" ],
  "summary" : "Ory Kratos has a SQL injection via forged pagination tokens",
  "details" : "## Description\n\nThe **ListCourierMessages** Admin API in Ory Kratos is vulnerable to SQL injection due to flaws in its pagination implementation.\n\nPagination tokens are encrypted using the secret configured in `secrets.pagination`. An attacker who knows this secret can craft their own tokens, including malicious tokens that lead to SQL injection. If this configuration value is not set, Kratos falls back to a default pagination encryption secret. Because this default value is publicly known, attackers can generate valid and malicious pagination tokens manually for installations where this secret is not set.\n\n## Preconditions\n\nThis issue can be exploited when the following conditions are met:\n\n- **ListCourierMessages API** is directly or indirectly accessible to the attacker\n- The attacker can pass a raw pagination token to the affected API\n- The configuration value `secrets.pagination` is not set or known to the attacker\n\n## Impact\n\nAn attacker can execute arbitrary SQL queries through forged pagination tokens.\n\n## Mitigation\n\nAs a first line of defense, **immediately** configure a custom value for `secrets.pagination` by generating a cryptographically secure random secret, for example:\n\n```\nopenssl rand -base64 32\n```\n\nNext, upgrade **Kratos** to a fixed version **as soon as possible**.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/ory/kratos"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "1.3.1-0.20260320110106-9d7085948039"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/ory/kratos/security/advisories/GHSA-hgx2-28f8-6g2r"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33503"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/ory/kratos"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-89" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-03-20T20:54:54Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2026-03-26T18:16:30Z"
  }
}