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CVE-2026-105117 (GCVE-0-2026-105117)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-03 12:14 – Updated: 2026-10-03 12:14

Title

OpenAM before 16.1.3 Email Content Injection via Users REST Self-Service Actions

Summary

OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an email content injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to control notification email wording via the forgotPassword and register actions on /json/{realm}/users. Attackers can supply subject and message fields to send phishing mail from the organisation's configured From address, or abuse register as a relay to arbitrary recipients.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/se…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openam-befor…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OpenIdentityPlatform	OpenAM	Affected: 0 , < 16.1.3 (semver) Unaffected: 16.1.3 (semver)

Date Public

2026-09-18 00:00

Credits

santhreal maximthomas tsujiguchitky

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EUVD-2026-103440

European Vulnerability Database identifier assigned by ENISA

Reserved

2026-10-03 14:58

Assigner

ENISA

Alias of

a CVE record, shown under related vulnerabilities. This identifier carries no description, severity or references of its own: they belong to that CVE.

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  "id": "EUVD-2026-103440"
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GHSA-35WG-CP3W-FH5V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-03 15:30 – Updated: 2026-10-03 15:30

Details

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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CVE-2026-105117 (GCVE-0-2026-105117)

EUVD-2026-103440

GHSA-35WG-CP3W-FH5V

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