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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-40502 · published 16 April 2026

CVE-2026-40502: Hkuds openharness missing authorization vulnerability

Hkuds · Openharness

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.

8.7 CVSS 4.0 High EPSS 2.1% · top 18.9% CWE-862 · Missing authorization
8.7CVSS 4.0 base score
2.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References, 1 tagged exploit
14 Jul 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/HKUDS/OpenHarness/commit/dd1d235450dd987b20bff01b7bfb02fe8620a0af Patch
https://github.com/HKUDS/OpenHarness/pull/127 ExploitIssue Tracking
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openharness-remote-administrative-command-injection-via-gateway-handler Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-40502), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.