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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-33266

Apache OpenMeetings: Hardcoded Remember-Me Cookie Encryption Key and Salt

Description

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings. The remember-me cookie encryption key is set to default value in openmeetings.properties and not being auto-rotated. In case OM admin hasn't changed the default encryption key, an attacker who has stolen a cookie from a logged-in user can get full user credentials. This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 6.1.0 before 9.0.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.0, which fixes the issue.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenMeetings

Default version status: unaffected

  • 6.1.0 to < 9.0.0affected

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