OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows delegated administrators to destroy sessions outside their realms because realm checks use the requester's realm. Authenticated accounts holding the iplanet-am-session-destroy-sessions attribute can supply a target session identifier or handle to forcibly log out users in any realm.
OpenAM before 16.1.3 Improper Authorization in Delegated Session-Destroy Realm Scoping
Problem type
Affected products
OpenIdentityPlatform
< 16.1.3 - AFFECTED
16.1.3 - UNAFFECTED
References
https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/security/advisories/GHSA-hmwh-9r8r-44gw
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openam-before-16.1.3-improper-authorization-in-delegated-session-destroy-realm-scoping
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-86x4-hjp8-8h99
OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows delegated...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86x4-hjp8-8h99OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows delegated administrators to destroy sessions outside their realms because realm checks use the requester's realm. Authenticated accounts holding the iplanet-am-session-destroy-sessions attribute can supply a target session identifier or handle to forcibly log out users in any realm.
https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/security/advisories/GHSA-hmwh-9r8r-44gw
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105121
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openam-before-16.1.3-improper-authorization-in-delegated-session-destroy-realm-scoping
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86x4-hjp8-8h99
JSON source
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