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TI-2026-26047 Aliases CVE-2026-33667

OpenProject: 2FA OTP Verification Missing Rate Limiting

Priority HIGH 68CWE-307Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.

Summary

OpenProject is an open-source project management application. In versions prior to 17.3.0, 2FA OTP verification in the confirm_otp action of the two_factor_authentication module has no rate limiting, lockout mechanism, or failed-attempt tracking. The existing brute_force_block_after_failed_logins setting only counts password login failures and does not apply to the 2FA verification stage, and neither the fail_login nor stage_failure methods increment any counter, lock the account, or add any delay. With the default TOTP drift window of ±60 seconds allowing approximately 5 valid codes at any time, an attacker who knows a user's password can brute-force the 6-digit TOTP code at roughly 5-10 attempts per second with an expected completion time of approximately 11 hours. The same vulnerability applies to backup code verification. This effectively allows complete 2FA bypass for any account where the password is known. This issue has been fixed in version 17.3.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00296 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed openproject (opf): 17.3.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
opfopenprojectbefore 17.3.017.3.0Patch availableCNA
  • openproject Vendoropf Affected before 17.3.0 Fixed in 17.3.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openproject:openproject:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 17.3.0Vulnerableopf
  • cpe:2.3:a:openproject:openproject:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 17.3.0 Vulnerable ·opf

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA openproject (opf) Fixed in 17.3.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-33667

References

Exploit 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-2026-29552 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
  • TI-2026-20830 Command Injection on OpenProject repositories leads to Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
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