GHSA-m6vc-f87m-cc2h
Doorkeeper Openid Connect: Dynamic Client Registration feature creates public clients with client_secret
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | doorkeeper-openid_connect | >= 1.9.0, < 1.10.0 | 1.10.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
The `DynamicClientRegistrationController#register` action hard-codes `confidential: false` when creating applications (dynamic_client_registration_controller.rb:18-25), yet the response includes a client_secret and advertises `token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: ["client_secret_basic", "client_secret_post"]`.
Because Doorkeeper's `Application.by_uid_and_secret` treats a blank/missing secret as valid for non-confidential (public) clients, an
attacker who knows only the client_id (which is public information) can authenticate as the dynamically-registered client at the token endpoint.
**Note** that Dynamic Client Registration is opt-in feature which is disabled by default so only projects that explicitly enabled it are affected.
**Steps to Reproduce**
1. Enable dynamic client registration in the initializer
2. POST /oauth/registration with client_name, redirect_uris, and scope
3. Observe: response returns client_secret, but the created
Doorkeeper::Application has confidential: false
4. Call `Doorkeeper::Application.by_uid_and_secret(client_id, nil)` — it
returns the application (credentials bypass)
5. POST /oauth/token with grant_type=client_credentials and only
client_id (no client_secret) — the token endpoint issues an access token
without any secret verification
### Patches
Patched in 1.10.0
### Workarounds
Upgrade existing applications created with a Dynamic Client registration to have `confidential: true`
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper-openid_connect/security/advisories/GHSA-m6vc-f87m-cc2h
- https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper-openid_connect
- https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper-openid_connect/releases/tag/v1.10.0
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/doorkeeper-openid_connect/CVE-2026-44476.yml
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44476