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CVE-2026-53977: OpenChamber 1.11.7 Unauthenticated DoS via /api/system/shutdown

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-06 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

OpenChamber 1.11.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to terminate the server process by sending a POST request to the /api/system/shutdown endpoint, which is registered before the authentication middleware in the Express route handler chain. Attackers can exploit the route registration order in bootstrap-runtime.js to reach the shutdown handler before auth middleware executes, causing denial of service to all active AI coding sessions and locking out legitimate remote users regardless of whether UI_PASSWORD is configured.

Affected products

• Bohdan Triapitsyn OpenChamber: through 1.11.7

References

• https://github.com/openchamber/openchamber
• https://github.com/openchamber/openchamber/commit/f1b9506132faf6c564a2694c7f33b94421a49b4a
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openchamber-unauthenticated-dos-via-api-system-shutdown

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