CVE-2026-40896

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

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 20, 2026 at 03:12 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenprojectOpenproject

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 17.3.0
Affected range stops below 17.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/opf/openproject/security/advisories/GHSA-hh5p-gwf8-h245

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-367CWE-639

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