CVE-2026-45052: Open Identity Platform OpenAM improper authorization in Liberty Discovery Endpoints

CVE-2026-45052 · Severity: critical · CVSS 4 · Published 2026-09-15

OpenAM is an open-source access management platform used to secure web applications and manage user identities. A security flaw in its legacy Liberty Web Services component allows unauthorized individuals to modify user profile data and system discovery records without a password. This could allow an attacker to redirect service traffic or manipulate security settings, potentially leading to unauthorized access or service disruption.

Technologies: org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-federation-library (Maven), Open Identity Platform OpenAM Community Edition. Vendors: Maven, Open Identity Platform.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-45052 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-45052 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-45052?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 15 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-federation-library (Maven) <= 16.0.6, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=16.1.1; Open Identity Platform OpenAM Community Edition <= 16.0.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-45052?
Yes. org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-federation-library (Maven): upgrade to 16.1.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-45052 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-45052?
Check whether you run org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-federation-library (Maven) or Open Identity Platform OpenAM Community Edition at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-federation-library (Maven): upgrade to 16.1.1 or later
    # set org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-federation-library to 16.1.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Technical details

An Improper Authorization (CWE-285) vulnerability exists in the Liberty Web Services SOAP receiver of OpenAM Community Edition. The Liberty Discovery handlers accept anonymous SOAP writes that are executed server-side using elevated internal privileges (including the internal admin token for global paths), effectively bypassing LDAP and identity-layer ACLs. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to inject persistent records into the Liberty Discovery store on any user's LDAP entry or the root-realm branch. While the Liberty ID-WSF protocol is legacy, it is enabled by default; successful exploitation can influence service routing or security mechanism selection. The issue is patched in version 16.1.1.

Affected products

  • Open Identity Platform OpenAM Community Edition <= 16.0.6

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-45052
  • GHSA-p462-xxwx-pqf4

Timeline

  • 2026-06-24: advisory: GitHub Advisory GHSA-p462-xxwx-pqf4 published
  • 2026-06-24: patched: Vulnerability fixed in version 16.1.1

References

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