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CVE-2026-24777

OpenProject has Improper Access Control on User Management allows user managers to lock admin accounts

Published: Feb 9, 2026Updated: Feb 11, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-862
NVD MITRE
6.7CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

OpenProject is an open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to 17.0.2, users with the Manage Users permission can lock and unlock users. This functionality should only be possible for users of the application, but they were not supposed to be able to lock application administrators. Due to a missing permission check this logic was not enforced. The problem was fixed in OpenProject 17.0.2The problem was fixed in OpenProject 17.0.2.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:LI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

openprojectopf
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
openprojectopenproject
On-prem
Enterprise Software / collaboration-groupware
opfoss-projectEnterprise Softwareaka opf
openprojectoss-projectEnterprise Softwareaka open project

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/opf/openproject/security/advisories/GHSA-fq66-cwg6-qq69
github.com
https://github.com/opf/openproject/releases/tag/v17.0.2
github.com

Timeline

Published
Feb 9, 2026
Last Updated
Feb 11, 2026

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