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Race condition in the Okta Java SDK

High
femiajiboye-okta published GHSA-j5gq-897m-2rff Dec 10, 2025

Package

maven okta-sdk-root (Maven)

Affected versions

>=11.0.0 and <= 20.0.0

Patched versions

20.0.1

Description

Description

In the Okta Java SDK, race conditions may arise from concurrent requests using the ApiClient class. This could cause a status code or response header from one request’s response to influence another request’s response.

Affected product and versions

You may be affected if you meet the following preconditions:

  • Using the Okta Java SDK between versions 11.0.0 and 20.0.0, and
  • Implementing a multithreaded application with the ApiClient class where the response status code is used in access control flows

Resolution

Upgrade Okta/okta-sdk-java to versions 21.0.0 or greater.

Acknowledgements

Okta would like to thank João Abecasis (biochimia) for their discovery and responsible disclosure.

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
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2025-67505

Weaknesses

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently. Learn more on MITRE.