Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Unauthenticated network-reachable API with improper token validation gives PR:N/AV:N/AC:L, and total technical impact on an identity platform justifies C:H/I:H/A:H.
Primary rating from Vendor (SailPoint).
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
6DescriptionNVD
This vulnerability impacts all versions of IdentityIQ and allows an unauthenticated attacker unauthorized access to protected APIs and data due to improper validation of OAuth bearer tokens.
AnalysisAI
Authentication bypass in SailPoint IdentityIQ lets an unauthenticated remote attacker reach protected APIs and data because OAuth bearer tokens are improperly validated. The flaw (CWE-287) affects all IdentityIQ versions up to the patched releases 8.5p1, 8.4p4, and 8.3p5, and carries a critical CVSS of 9.8. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is low (0.22%), but the total technical impact against an identity-governance platform makes it a high-priority patch.
Technical ContextAI
IdentityIQ is SailPoint's on-premises identity governance and administration (IGA) platform that centralizes user provisioning, access certification, and policy enforcement across an enterprise. It exposes REST/OAuth-protected APIs where bearer tokens are supposed to authenticate and authorize callers. The root cause maps to CWE-287 (Improper Authentication): the token-validation logic does not correctly verify OAuth bearer tokens, so the trust boundary that gates the protected APIs can be crossed without a legitimate, properly validated credential. Because IdentityIQ brokers access to many downstream systems and holds sensitive identity data, a break in its own API authentication is especially consequential.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to a patched IdentityIQ release beyond the vulnerable levels - SailPoint's advisory indicates fixes at or above 8.5p1, 8.4p4, and 8.3p5 for their respective branches; confirm the exact target patch for your branch against the vendor advisory at https://www.sailpoint.com/security-advisories/ and do not run a version at or below your branch's listed vulnerable level. Because the root cause is broken OAuth bearer-token validation and the description says all versions are impacted, treat patching as the primary control. Until patched, restrict network reachability of the IdentityIQ API endpoints to trusted management networks or a VPN, place the application behind a reverse proxy or WAF that enforces its own authentication in front of the protected API paths, and closely monitor API access logs for anomalous or unauthenticated token use - with the trade-off that proxy-enforced auth can break legitimate integrations and API clients that rely on IdentityIQ's own OAuth flow, so test integrations before enforcing. No independent confirmation of a standalone vendor workaround is available; the advisory URL is the authoritative source.
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