CVE-2026-40502

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 v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hkuds:openharness:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-04-16 01:16

Updated : 2026-07-14 21:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-40502

Mitre link : CVE-2026-40502

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-40502

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hkuds

openharness

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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