apache/openmeetings · Security
Apache OpenMeetings Uses Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-wqxq-w68r-wg85
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-33266
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v4
- 8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings.
The remember-me cookie encryption key is set to default value in openmeetings.properties and not being auto-rotated. In case OM admin hasn't changed the default encryption key, an attacker who has stolen a cookie from a logged-in user can get full user credentials.
This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 6.1.0 before 9.0.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.0, which fixes the issue.
CWEs
- CWE-321 · Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key