Medplum is a developer platform that enables development of healthcare apps. Prior to version 5.1.6, the external identity provider callback at GET /auth/external accepts attacker-controlled redirect URIs that only need to start with a registered client redirect URI, rather than matching exactly. After a successful external IdP login, the server appends Medplum login and code values to that attacker-supplied URL and issues a redirect. Because the external login request state is serialized as raw JSON and later trusted by the callback, an attacker who can tamper with state.redirectUri can cause Medplum to redirect authorization artifacts to an attacker-controlled endpoint. When the registered redirect URI is a bare origin or another prefix that can be extended into a different hostname, this becomes a cross-origin authorization code leak. This issue has been patched in version 5.1.6.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m44r-7c5h-m6mj Medplum: Improper Validation of Redirect URI in External Auth Callback allows Authorization Code Leakage
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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description Medplum is a developer platform that enables development of healthcare apps. Prior to version 5.1.6, the external identity provider callback at GET /auth/external accepts attacker-controlled redirect URIs that only need to start with a registered client redirect URI, rather than matching exactly. After a successful external IdP login, the server appends Medplum login and code values to that attacker-supplied URL and issues a redirect. Because the external login request state is serialized as raw JSON and later trusted by the callback, an attacker who can tamper with state.redirectUri can cause Medplum to redirect authorization artifacts to an attacker-controlled endpoint. When the registered redirect URI is a bare origin or another prefix that can be extended into a different hostname, this becomes a cross-origin authorization code leak. This issue has been patched in version 5.1.6.
Title Medplum - Improper Validation of Redirect URI in External Auth Callback allows Authorization Code Leakage
Weaknesses CWE-345
CWE-601
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-03T19:04:30.358Z

Reserved: 2026-06-10T16:43:31.242Z

Link: CVE-2026-53728

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-03T20:17:21.643

Modified: 2026-09-03T20:17:21.643

Link: CVE-2026-53728

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Updated: 2026-09-03T20:30:10Z

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