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TI-2026-19978 Aliases CVE-2026-24777

OpenProject has Improper Access Control on User Management allows user managers to lock admin accounts

Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

OpenProject is an open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to 17.0.2, users with the Manage Users permission can lock and unlock users. This functionality should only be possible for users of the application, but they were not supposed to be able to lock application administrators. Due to a missing permission check this logic was not enforced. The problem was fixed in OpenProject 17.0.2The problem was fixed in OpenProject 17.0.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00382 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed openproject (opf): 17.0.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
opfopenprojectbefore 17.0.217.0.2Patch availableCNA
  • openproject Vendoropf Affected before 17.0.2 Fixed in 17.0.2 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openproject:openproject:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 17.0.2Vulnerableopf
  • cpe:2.3:a:openproject:openproject:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 17.0.2 Vulnerable ·opf

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA openproject (opf) Fixed in 17.0.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24777

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2019-08673 A SQL injection vulnerability in the activities API in OpenProject before 8.3.2 allows a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-26047 OpenProject: 2FA OTP Verification Missing Rate Limiting CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2026-29552 OpenProject has Cross-Project Meeting Agenda Item Injection via Unscoped Section Lookup CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2023-14850 OpenProject user sessions not terminated after activation of 2FA CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-18162 OpenProject is Vulnerable to Code Execution in E-Mail function CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-26961 OpenProject: SQL Injection in Cost Reporting =n Operator via parse_number_string CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
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