OpenReception: Unauthenticated WebAuthn passkey injection via `POST /api/auth/passkeys` leads to account takeover
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to 1.1.1, POST /api/auth/passkeys accepts a request-body userId and attacker-supplied passkey without an authenticated session, does not call WebAuthnService.verifyRegistration, and does not bind enrollment to locals.user.id. An unauthenticated attacker who knows the public tenant ID and the target staff email can use the public booking bootstrap and GET /api/tenants/[id]/appointments/staff-public-keys to obtain candidate userId values. The attacker first causes UserService.addAdditionalPasskey to store a controlled public key for a candidate userId, then attempts login with the target email; the login check compares verificationResult.userId with the email-resolved account and reveals whether the injected credential belongs to that target. Repeating this injection-before-login sequence identifies the matching userId, and the normal login endpoint accepts the attacker's assertion for the stored key and creates a STAFF session. The session can expose tenant data and reveal TENANT_ADMIN identifiers for further takeover; GLOBAL_ADMIN accounts are not reachable through this tenant-scoped path. A hijacked TENANT_ADMIN can modify or delete tenant resources and key shares, potentially making appointment data permanently undecryptable and taking booking services offline. This issue is fixed in version 1.1.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-reception | appointment-booking-software | before 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- appointment-booking-software Vendoropen-reception Affected before 1.1.1 Fixed in 1.1.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA appointment-booking-software (open-reception) Fixed in 1.1.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54460
References
Other 4
- https://github.com/open-reception/appointment-booking-software/security/advisories/GHSA-g233-m625-m3pc
- https://github.com/open-reception/appointment-booking-software/commit/5d29d9c1964ef7541a6e96d04d946c22f76eea00
- https://github.com/open-reception/appointment-booking-software/commit/93040884b783573dbf161723e508676327fdf0bf
- https://github.com/open-reception/appointment-booking-software/releases/tag/v1.1.1
More open-reception vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
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