Missing authorization in OpenCATS calendar edit and delete
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 · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
OpenCATS before 0.10.0 has a missing authorization flaw in the calendar event edit and delete handlers, which do not check that the event belongs to the requesting user. An authenticated user with EDIT or DELETE access can supply arbitrary event IDs to change or remove other users' calendar events, including events restricted to their owner. The flaw is tracked as CWE-639, authorization bypass through a user-controlled key.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
OpenCATS before 0.10.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in CalendarUI::onEditEvent() and onDeleteEvent() that allows authenticated users to modify or delete other users' calendar events. Attackers with EDIT or DELETE access can supply arbitrary eventID values to alter or remove any user's events, including non-public ones restricted to their owner.
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
Upgrade OpenCATS to version 0.10.0, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA OpenCATS (opencats) Fixed in 0.10.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
OpenCATS 0.10.0
6 records Highest priority Priority LOW 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-76797 Missing authorization in OpenCATS EEO reports exposes demographic dataPriority LOW 24
- TI-2026-76796 Missing authorization in OpenCATS import revert action lets users delete recordsPriority LOW 24
- TI-2026-76795 Missing authorization in OpenCATS saved-list AJAX endpointsPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-20 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-113349
- 2026-10-20 Alias added: GHSA-5q4v-58r2-wwvg
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/issues/720
- OpenCATS v0.10.0 Release Notes
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/blob/5781f41814f09493c7ce05b9251b5e09c1aff0cd/modules/calendar/CalendarUI.php#L555-L585
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/blob/5781f41814f09493c7ce05b9251b5e09c1aff0cd/modules/calendar/CalendarUI.php#L690-L712
- https://github.com/opencats/OpenCATS/blob/5781f41814f09493c7ce05b9251b5e09c1aff0cd/lib/Calendar.php#L83-L150
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Sources
- CVE-2026-113349 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-113349 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5q4v-58r2-wwvg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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