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CVE-2026-40896

OpenProject has Cross-Project Meeting Agenda Item Injection via Unscoped Section Lookup

6.5 Medium

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.

What does this mean?
Severity
6.5 MediumCVSS 3.1, CVE List
Exploit chance
0.17%EPSS, 6th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

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

0.17%Up 0.1 points since Apr 21, 2026
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

CVE List Score used6.5

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 MediumCVSS: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-2026-238706.5

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 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD6.5

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 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS: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
OSV6.5

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 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-367, CWE-639
Updated
2026-11-10

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
factsOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

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