CVE-2026-48071
OpenReception's client PIN challenge throttle is keyed by emailHash only, allowing cross-tenant lockout
OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to version 1.0.4, the PIN-type challenge throttle uses emailHash as the only key. The throttle rows live in the central challenge_throttle table, which is shared across all tenants. Every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/verify-challenge endpoint increments the same row when a PIN response fails, and every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/challenge endpoint reads the same row when deciding whether to issue a new challenge. When the same emailHash exists in multiple tenants on the same OpenReception instance (the same patient holding tunnels in two different clinics that share the platform), an attacker who knows the patient's email can lock out that patient on tenant B by issuing failed challenge responses against tenant A. The attacker needs no relationship to tenant B; the lockout propagates through the shared throttle row. The lockout escalates with repeated failures. The first lockout triggers at 4 failed attempts and lasts approximately 60 seconds. Subsequent failures escalate the lockout duration to 5 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes per the throttle service's escalation logic. Repeated bursts produce sustained denial of service against the targeted email. Version 1.0.4 patches the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.8
OpenReception's client PIN challenge throttle is keyed by emailHash only, allowing cross-tenant lockout
OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to version 1.0.4, the PIN-type challenge throttle uses emailHash as the only key. The throttle rows live in the central challenge_throttle table, which is shared across all tenants. Every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/verify-challenge endpoint increments the same row when a PIN response fails, and every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/challenge endpoint reads the same row when deciding whether to issue a new challenge. When the same emailHash exists in multiple tenants on the same OpenReception instance (the same patient holding tunnels in two different clinics that share the platform), an attacker who knows the patient's email can lock out that patient on tenant B by issuing failed challenge responses against tenant A. The attacker needs no relationship to tenant B; the lockout propagates through the shared throttle row. The lockout escalates with repeated failures. The first lockout triggers at 4 failed attempts and lasts approximately 60 seconds. Subsequent failures escalate the lockout duration to 5 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes per the throttle service's escalation logic. Repeated bursts produce sustained denial of service against the targeted email. Version 1.0.4 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-48071- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-54224
5.8
OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to version 1.0.4, the PIN-type challenge throttle uses emailHash as the only key. The throttle rows live in the central challenge_throttle table, which is shared across all tenants. Every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/verify-challenge endpoint increments the same row when a PIN response fails, and every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/challenge endpoint reads the same row when deciding whether to issue a new challenge. When the same emailHash exists in multiple tenants on the same OpenReception instance (the same patient holding tunnels in two different clinics that share the platform), an attacker who knows the patient's email can lock out that patient on tenant B by issuing failed challenge responses against tenant A. The attacker needs no relationship to tenant B; the lockout propagates through the shared throttle row. The lockout escalates with repeated failures. The first lockout triggers at 4 failed attempts and lasts approximately 60 seconds. Subsequent failures escalate the lockout duration to 5 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes per the throttle service's escalation logic. Repeated bursts produce sustained denial of service against the targeted email. Version 1.0.4 patches the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2026-54224- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.8
OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to version 1.0.4, the PIN-type challenge throttle uses emailHash as the only key. The throttle rows live in the central challenge_throttle table, which is shared across all tenants. Every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/verify-challenge endpoint increments the same row when a PIN response fails, and every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/challenge endpoint reads the same row when deciding whether to issue a new challenge. When the same emailHash exists in multiple tenants on the same OpenReception instance (the same patient holding tunnels in two different clinics that share the platform), an attacker who knows the patient's email can lock out that patient on tenant B by issuing failed challenge responses against tenant A. The attacker needs no relationship to tenant B; the lockout propagates through the shared throttle row. The lockout escalates with repeated failures. The first lockout triggers at 4 failed attempts and lasts approximately 60 seconds. Subsequent failures escalate the lockout duration to 5 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes per the throttle service's escalation logic. Repeated bursts produce sustained denial of service against the targeted email. Version 1.0.4 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-48071- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.8
OpenReception's client PIN challenge throttle is keyed by emailHash only, allowing cross-tenant lockout
OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to version 1.0.4, the PIN-type challenge throttle uses emailHash as the only key. The throttle rows live in the central challenge_throttle table, which is shared across all tenants. Every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/verify-challenge endpoint increments the same row when a PIN response fails, and every tenant's /api/tenants/{id}/appointments/challenge endpoint reads the same row when deciding whether to issue a new challenge. When the same emailHash exists in multiple tenants on the same OpenReception instance (the same patient holding tunnels in two different clinics that share the platform), an attacker who knows the patient's email can lock out that patient on tenant B by issuing failed challenge responses against tenant A. The attacker needs no relationship to tenant B; the lockout propagates through the shared throttle row. The lockout escalates with repeated failures. The first lockout triggers at 4 failed attempts and lasts approximately 60 seconds. Subsequent failures escalate the lockout duration to 5 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes per the throttle service's escalation logic. Repeated bursts produce sustained denial of service against the targeted email. Version 1.0.4 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-48071- CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-48071 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Open-reception Appointment-booking-software, published August 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/open-reception/appointment-booking-software/security/advisories/GHSA-f778-wf9x-3qf9
github.com/open-reception/appointment-booking-software/commit/828b5297dc4c9827f7a43841d0f839c21462185d
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48071.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48071