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TI-2026-35517 Aliases CVE-2026-48076

OpenReception's bootstrap booking flow allows unauthenticated booking on isPublic=false channels

Priority HIGH 68CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. The new-client booking flow in versions 1.0.1 and prior consists of three calls: `bootstrap-challenge` (returns a 16-bit PoW challenge with `difficulty=4` leading hex zeroes), `bootstrap-verify` (validates the PoW and issues a Bearer booking access token), and `create-new-client` (consumes the token and creates the tunnel and first appointment). The token correctly binds to `tenantId`, `tunnelId`, `clientPublicKey`, and `emailHash`, but never to `channelId`. The `bootstrap-challenge` request schema does not even accept a `channelId`, and the issued token's payload contains no channel information. Independently, the service function `createNewClientWithAppointment` checks only `channel.archived = false`. The `channel.isPublic` check that protects `addAppointmentToTunnel` is missing in the new-client path. The combination means: an attacker completes the bootstrap flow normally (16-bit PoW, completes in well under one second on commodity hardware, no rate limiting beyond the throttle store), receives a valid booking access token, and then submits the `create-new-client` payload with `channelId` pointing to a private (`isPublic = false`) channel. The booking lands as `CONFIRMED` if the target channel has `requiresConfirmation = false` (the default), otherwise as `NEW`. The patient-facing UI does not list private channels in its picker (`/api/public/channels` correctly filters `isPublic = true`), so the channel ID must be obtained out of band. The companion finding V-10 (schedule endpoint discloses private channels) provides exactly that: a single unauthenticated GET reveals every private channel ID for any tenant. V-10 plus V-11 together make private channels fully reachable to anonymous attackers. As of time of publication, no known patched versions are available.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00332 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
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
open-receptionappointment-booking-softwareup to 1.0.1—No fix listedCNA
  • appointment-booking-software Vendoropen-reception Affected up to 1.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48076

References

  • TI-2026-35529 OpenReception vulnerable to unauthenticated staff crypto poisoning that breaks E2E recipient directory CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2026-35528 OpenReception: WebAuthn passkey injection allows account takeover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-35526 OpenReception has unauthenticated GLOBAL_ADMIN account creation post-bootstrap CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-35527 OpenReception: Tenant admin self-promotes to GLOBAL_ADMIN CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-79990 Host header poisoning in OpenReception enables account takeover CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2026-35522 OpenReception vulnerable to stored click-triggered XSS via javascript: tenant links rendered into patient-facing footer CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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Sources

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