OpenAM is an enterprise identity platform; anonymous self-registration can grant admin-group membership and full admin takeover—high-impact across organizations.
CVE-2026-123549
Anonymous registration can grant admin privileges in OpenAM < 16.1.4
do firstUpgrade to a fixed release: 16.1.4.
Is CVE-2026-123549 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-123549 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-123549?
CVE-2026-123549 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-123549?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-123549. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-123549 affect?
CVE-2026-123549 affects OpenAM < 16.1.4, OpenIdentityPlatform OpenAM, Legacy self-service REST endpoint, User Self-Service flow. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-123549?
Upgrade to OpenAM 16.1.4 now; or disable self-registration and audit admin groups.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote privilege escalation: attackers can self-register and add admin-group attributes to gain full administrative control.
Immediate action required
- affected< 16.1.4
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
timeline
- 8 Nov 2026Published
- 8 Nov 2026CVE record last updated · same day later
- 9 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 1 day later
also known as
- Advisorygithub.com /OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/security/advisories/GHSA-jv8f-m88g-h6mm
- Advisoryvulncheck.com /advisories/openam-before-16.1.4-privilege-escalation-via-self-registration-attr
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- OSV: advisory aliases and downstream package versions
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.