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High · 7.4 CVE-2026-46623 EUVD-2026-78361GHSA-gf57-4mp6-m85x

OpenAM Account Takeover via Unverified Password Change in OAuth2 Module

Published Sep 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Open Access Management (OpenAM) is an access management solution. Prior to 16.1.1, the OAuth2 authentication module updates an existing local account with profile attributes that can include userPassword and inetUserStatus, rewriting the password to the username and reactivating disabled accounts. The missing OAuth.removeRestrictedAccountUpdateAttributes filtering permits these credential and status fields to reach the account update. With account creation enabled, repeated OAuth login causes the default ldapService chain to accept the username as both identifier and password, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to take over the local account without interacting with the identity provider. The rewrite can be denied for usernames shorter than the configured minimum password length. This issue is fixed in version 16.1.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenIdentityPlatform OpenAM < 16.1.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS openam No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-auth-oauth2 < 16.1.1 16.1.1 GHSA-gf57-4mp6-m85x

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