Broken access control in Open WES exposes other warehouses' stock
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Open WES through 1.0.0 from jingsewu contains an authorization bypass because GlobalGatewayFilter never enforces auth_warehouse scoping. The flaw is CWE-639, an authorization bypass through a user-controlled key. An authenticated attacker with the menu permission can enumerate sequential IDs on the freezeContainerStock and unfreezeContainerStock endpoints to freeze or unfreeze container stock in other warehouses over the network.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Open WES through 1.0.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated users to modify other warehouses' stock records because GlobalGatewayFilter never enforces auth_warehouse scoping. Attackers holding the menu permission can enumerate sequential IDs on freezeContainerStock and unfreezeContainerStock endpoints to freeze or unfreeze container stock in other warehouses.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for open-wes.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111721
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-5ww9-qwj2-mr7g
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 2
- https://github.com/jingsewu/open-wes/blob/v1.0.0/server/modules-gateway/gateway-core/src/main/java/org/openwes/gateway/filter/GlobalGatewayFilter.java#L86-L128
- https://github.com/jingsewu/open-wes/blob/v1.0.0/server/modules-wes/wes-stock/src/main/java/org/openwes/wes/stock/controller/ContainerStockController.java#L24-L34
Sources
- CVE-2026-111721 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111721 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5ww9-qwj2-mr7g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-111721 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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