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Identrail Cross-tenant IDOR: Client-supplied GitHub App installation_id is bound to the caller's workspace without ownership verification

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 20, 2026 in identrail/identrail • Updated Sep 9, 2026

Package

gomod github.com/identrail/identrail (Go)

Affected versions

< 1.0.2

Patched versions

1.0.2

Description

Summary

identrail's GitHub App connection-completion endpoint binds a fully client-supplied installation_id to the caller's workspace without verifying that the installation belongs to, or was installed by, the workspace that initiated the connect flow. identrail then mints a GitHub App installation access token for the supplied installation_id using the app's own JWT, so an authenticated tenant can link any other identrail customer's GitHub App installation into their own workspace and read that victim organization's private repositories.

Affected code (default-on path, no feature flag)

  • Route: internal/api/router.go:3590POST /v1/workspaces/:workspace_id/projects/:project_id/github/connect/complete. installation_id is read from the JSON body or the attacker-controlled X-GitHub-Installation-ID header (router.go:3582-3588).
  • Service: internal/api/github_connect.go:781 CompleteGitHubConnection. The state token IS rigorously bound to the caller's scope (github_connect.go:818: if stateRecord.TenantID != scope.TenantID || stateRecord.WorkspaceID != project.WorkspaceID || stateRecord.ProjectID != project.ProjectID { ... }), but the only check on installation_id is request.InstallationID <= 0 (:794). The raw client value is persisted as the workspace's connection (:840).
  • Cross-tenant read primitive: internal/connectors/github/repositories.go:39 ListInstallationRepositoriesinternal/connectors/github/app.go:170 mints a token via POST /app/installations/{installationId}/access_tokens signed with the App JWT, succeeding for any installation where identrail's app is installed.

The feature-flagged V2 path CompleteGitHubConnector (github_connect.go:447, default off) shares the gap and is additionally weaker (matches pending connector by state value alone with no caller-scope re-check); a single fix should cover both.

Intent proof

The code binds state to {TenantID, WorkspaceID, ProjectID} and re-verifies it at completion (:818), demonstrating it understands binding is required. The asymmetry — state bound, installation_id unbound — is the missed check.

Exploitation

  1. Attacker is any authenticated identrail tenant; they call StartGitHubConnection for their own workspace and receive a state.
  2. Attacker calls the completion route with {state: <their state>, installation_id: V} where V is a victim org's identrail GitHub App installation id (installation ids are not secret — they appear in post-install redirect URLs, webhook payloads, the org's GitHub App settings, and are enumerable integers).
  3. CompleteGitHubConnection accepts (state matches attacker scope), ListInstallationRepositories(V) mints a token for V and lists the victim org's private repos, and the connection is persisted under the attacker's workspace.
  4. Attacker now reads the victim org's private repository inventory and can drive posture scans/repo reads via their own workspace.

Impact: cross-tenant disclosure of another customer organization's private GitHub repositories and metadata.

Remediation

Bind installation_id with the same rigor as state: capture it from GitHub's signed post-install redirect (setup_url/callback_url) and pin it to the pending state at start time, and/or after minting verify the installation's account matches the org the initiating workspace is authorized for.

References

@Oluwatobi-Mustapha Oluwatobi-Mustapha published to identrail/identrail Jun 20, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 9, 2026
Reviewed Sep 9, 2026
Last updated Sep 9, 2026

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Learn more on MITRE.

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-59185

GHSA ID

GHSA-cp3j-m783-3ph5

Source code

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