Description
Opencast is a free, open-source platform to support the management of educational audio and video content. Prior to versions 19.7 and 20.2, the default security configuration in etc/security/mh_default_org.xml accepts a client-selected JSESSIONID from the ;jsessionid= URL path parameter and does not replace it when the victim logs in. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted link to a victim whose browser has no active Opencast session cookie, wait for the victim to authenticate, and then reuse the known identifier as the victim's authenticated session. This can expose the victim's data and actions and can produce full administrative account takeover when the victim is an administrator. This issue is fixed in versions 19.7 and 20.2.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Opencast is a free, open-source platform to support the management of educational audio and video content. Prior to versions 19.7 and 20.2, the default security configuration in etc/security/mh_default_org.xml accepts a client-selected JSESSIONID from the ;jsessionid= URL path parameter and does not replace it when the victim logs in. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted link to a victim whose browser has no active Opencast session cookie, wait for the victim to authenticate, and then reuse the known identifier as the victim's authenticated session. This can expose the victim's data and actions and can produce full administrative account takeover when the victim is an administrator. This issue is fixed in versions 19.7 and 20.2. | |
| Title | Opencast: Session fixation in login enables account takeover via crafted link | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-384 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T15:33:11.344Z
Reserved: 2026-08-20T20:52:01.926Z
Link: CVE-2026-77614
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T15:16:51.503
Modified: 2026-09-17T15:16:51.503
Link: CVE-2026-77614
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CWE-384
Session Fixation