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CVE-2026-45052: Open Access Management (OpenAM) is an access management solution

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-45052· Critical 9.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.3 Critical · fixed in 16.1.1 : patch openam as a priority.

Data as of 8 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
9.3Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 55% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 16.1.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 8 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTSopenampkg:deb/ubuntu/openam?arch=source&distro=xenialOther threatsAffected
  • =1.4.0-1build6
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Upgrade OpenAM to version 16.1.1 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

Open Access Management (OpenAM) prior to version 16.1.1 contains a vulnerability in the Liberty Web Services SOAP receiver that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write persistent entries into a user's Liberty Discovery store and the shared root-realm Discovery branch. This occurs because server-side handlers bypass requester LDAP and identity ACLs, using an internal administrative token for the global path. This can lead to manipulated service-routing or security-mechanism records in deployments consuming Liberty discovery data. The issue is fixed in version 16.1.1.

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