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8.7
OpenHarness Allowing Sensitive Commands Through Remote Chat Sessions
CVE-2026-40502
Summary
Remote users can access and change settings in OpenHarness through chat sessions. This is a security risk because it allows unauthorized changes to the system. Update to the latest version of OpenHarness to fix this issue.
Original title
OpenHarness prior to commit dd1d235 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows remote gateway users with chat access to invoke sensitive administrative commands by exploiting insufficie...
Original description
OpenHarness prior to commit dd1d235 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows remote gateway users with chat access to invoke sensitive administrative commands by exploiting insufficient distinction between local-only and remote-safe commands in the gateway handler. Attackers can execute administrative commands such as /permissions full_auto through remote chat sessions to change permission modes of a running OpenHarness instance without operator authorization.
nvd CVSS3.1
8.8
nvd CVSS4.0
8.7
Vulnerability type
CWE-862
Missing Authorization
Published: 16 Apr 2026 · Updated: 16 Apr 2026 · First seen: 16 Apr 2026