CriticalCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-123549 (CVSS 9.3)

NVD · officialPublished Nov 8, 2026Risk 50/100EPSS 0.4%

OpenAM before 16.1.4 fails to enforce the Valid Creation Attributes list during self-registration, allowing anonymous attackers to set restricted attributes including group membership. Attackers can register through the legacy self-service REST endpoint or User Self-Service flow to join administrative groups and gain full administrative control of OpenAM.

Technical details

CVSS

9.3

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:NoneUI:None

Evidence and sources

This record is attributed to NVD. Exploitation status and remediation guidance are kept separate from the vulnerability's technical severity.

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