CVE-2026-123553 json
OpenAM before 16.1.4 Default Credentials in Built-in Accounts Allow Unauthenticated Login
published 21d ago modified yesterday also EUVD-2026-119438 , GHSA-hvfc-4v4r-8p9w
Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory
Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
OpenAM before 16.1.4 ships built-in identities in the Top Level Realm (demo, anonymous, wsc, wsp, SecurityTokenService and agentAuth) with passwords that are identical on every installation, publicly known, and able to authenticate. Unauthenticated remote attackers can log in as these identities to obtain authenticated sessions, and the agent identities can read the configuration of other agent profiles.
Patch / fix
- OpenIdentityPlatform OpenAM 16.1.4
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- yesterday
Exploit prediction
0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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 |
Affected products
- OpenIdentityPlatform OpenAM
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-1392 Use of Default Credentials
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-123553
- NVD CVE-2026-123553
- Maintainer advisory GHSA-hvfc-4v4r-8p9w
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