Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-6729 · published 20 April 2026
CVE-2026-6729: Hkuds openharness improper authentication vulnerability
Hkuds · Openharness
HKUDS OpenHarness prior to PR #159 remediation contains a session key derivation vulnerability that allows authenticated participants in shared chats or threads to hijack other users' sessions by exploiting a shared ohmo session key that lacks sender identity verification. Attackers can reuse another user's conversation state and replace or interrupt their active tasks by colliding into the same session boundary through the shared chat or thread scope.
Description
HKUDS OpenHarness prior to PR #159 remediation contains a session key derivation vulnerability that allows authenticated participants in shared chats or threads to hijack other users' sessions by exploiting a shared ohmo session key that lacks sender identity verification. Attackers can reuse another user's conversation state and replace or interrupt their active tasks by colliding into the same session boundary through the shared chat or thread scope.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/HKUDS/OpenHarness/commit/3186851c479ee714a9bb9aa6cd77017db7e589e2 | Patch |
| https://github.com/HKUDS/OpenHarness/pull/159 | ExploitIssue Tracking |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hkuds-openharness-session-key-collision-privilege-escalation | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/HKUDS/OpenHarness/pull/159 | ExploitIssue Tracking |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-6729), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.