CVE-2026-27478
CRITICALCVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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2Description
Unity Catalog is an open, multi-modal Catalog for data and AI. In 0.4.0 and earlier, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the Unity Catalog token exchange endpoint (/api/1.0/unity-control/auth/tokens). The endpoint extracts the issuer (iss) claim from incoming JWTs and uses it to dynamically fetch the JWKS endpoint for signature validation without validating that the issuer is a trusted identity provider.
Analysis
Auth bypass in Unity Catalog 0.4.0 and earlier.
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Remediation
Within 24 hours: Inventory all systems running Unity Catalog 0.4.0 or earlier and isolate them from production networks if possible; enable enhanced logging on token exchange endpoints (/api/1.0/unity-control/auth/tokens). Within 7 days: Implement network-level access controls restricting token endpoint access to authorized IPs only; conduct forensic review of authentication logs for suspicious token requests. …
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