CVE-2026-49488

published 2026-07-14

CVE-2026-49488: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings. This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings…

Priority P3 49 medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C H I N A N

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings.

This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 5.0.0 before 9.1.0.
An attacker with moderator rights in any room can read arbitrary files accessible to the OS account running the OM server, including credentials and secrets, via a crafted download request.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.1.0, which fixes the issue.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apache	openmeetings	>= 5.0.0 < 9.1.0	9.1.0
apache_software_foundation	apache_openmeetings	>= 5.0.0 < 9.1.0	9.1.0

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