CVE-2026-40896
OpenProject has Cross-Project Meeting Agenda Item Injection via Unscoped Section Lookup
CVE-2026-40896 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Openproject, published April 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to version 17.3.0, a user with manage_agendas permission in any project can inject agenda items into meetings belonging to any other project on the instance — even projects they have no access to. No knowledge of the target project, meeting, or victim is required; the attacker can blindly spray items into every meeting on the instance by iterating sequential section IDs. Version 17.3.0 patches the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
OpenProject has Cross-Project Meeting Agenda Item Injection via Unscoped Section Lookup
OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to version 17.3.0, a user with manage_agendas permission in any project can inject agenda items into meetings belonging to any other project on the instance — even projects they have no access to. No knowledge of the target project, meeting, or victim is required; the attacker can blindly spray items into every meeting on the instance by iterating sequential section IDs. Version 17.3.0 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-40896- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-367, CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-23870
6.5
OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to version 17.3.0, a user with manage_agendas permission in any project can inject agenda items into meetings belonging to any other project on the instance — even projects they have no access to. No knowledge of the target project, meeting, or victim is required; the attacker can blindly spray items into every meeting on the instance by iterating sequential section IDs. Version 17.3.0 patches the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2026-23870- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to version 17.3.0, a user with manage_agendas permission in any project can inject agenda items into meetings belonging to any other project on the instance — even projects they have no access to. No knowledge of the target project, meeting, or victim is required; the attacker can blindly spray items into every meeting on the instance by iterating sequential section IDs. Version 17.3.0 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-40896- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-367, CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
OpenProject has Cross-Project Meeting Agenda Item Injection via Unscoped Section Lookup
OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to version 17.3.0, a user with manage_agendas permission in any project can inject agenda items into meetings belonging to any other project on the instance — even projects they have no access to. No knowledge of the target project, meeting, or victim is required; the attacker can blindly spray items into every meeting on the instance by iterating sequential section IDs. Version 17.3.0 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-40896- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-367, CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |