CVE-2026-46623
OpenAM Account Takeover via Unverified Password Change in OAuth2 Module
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Open Access Management (OpenAM) is an access management solution. Prior to 16.1.1, the OAuth2 authentication module updates an existing local account with profile attributes that can include userPassword and inetUserStatus, rewriting the password to the username and reactivating disabled accounts. The missing OAuth.removeRestrictedAccountUpdateAttributes filtering permits these credential and status fields to reach the account update. With account creation enabled, repeated OAuth login causes the default ldapService chain to accept the username as both identifier and password, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to take over the local account without interacting with the identity provider. The rewrite can be denied for usernames shorter than the configured minimum password length. This issue is fixed in version 16.1.1.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 4.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 16.1.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-auth-oauth2GHSA-gf57-4mp6-m85x (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/security/advisories/GHSA-gf57-4mp6-m85x (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/commit/7993f6d2121c915a473415302b4c939e34b2842f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/releases/tag/16.1.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gf57-4mp6-m85x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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