An edgecase in SSO implementation in Neo4j Enterprise edition versions prior to version 2026.02 can lead to unauthorised access under the following conditions: If a neo4j admin configures two or more OIDC providers AND configures one or more of them to be an authorization provider AND configures one or more of them to be authentication-only, then those that are authentication-only will also provide authorization. This edgecase becomes a security problem only if the authentication-only provider contains groups which have higher privileges than provided by the intended (configured) authorization provider. When using multiple plugins for authentication and authorisation, prior to the fix the issue could lead to a plugin configured to provide only authentication or authorisation capabilities erroneously providing both capabilities.  We recommend upgrading to versions 2026.02 (or 5.26.22) where the issue is fixed.
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Description An edgecase in SSO implementation in Neo4j Enterprise edition versions prior to version 2026.02 can lead to unauthorised access under the following conditions: If a neo4j admin configures two or more OIDC providers AND configures one or more of them to be an authorization provider AND configures one or more of them to be authentication-only, then those that are authentication-only will also provide authorization. This edgecase becomes a security problem only if the authentication-only provider contains groups which have higher privileges than provided by the intended (configured) authorization provider. When using multiple plugins for authentication and authorisation, prior to the fix the issue could lead to a plugin configured to provide only authentication or authorisation capabilities erroneously providing both capabilities.  We recommend upgrading to versions 2026.02 (or 5.26.22) where the issue is fixed.
Title Auth misconfiguration when multiple providers enabled
First Time appeared Neo4j
Neo4j enterprise Edition
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:enterprise_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Neo4j
Neo4j enterprise Edition
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Metrics cvssV4_0

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Neo4j

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-11T16:16:35.346Z

Reserved: 2026-01-28T11:20:54.690Z

Link: CVE-2026-1524

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-11T17:16:54.477

Modified: 2026-03-11T17:16:54.477

Link: CVE-2026-1524

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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