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CVE-2026-77614: Opencast: Session fixation in login enables account takeover via crafted link

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-17 · updated 2026-09-30
• Weakness: CWE-384

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.

Affected products

• opencast: before 19.7; from 20.0, < 20.2

References

• https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/c36652250a026afb7cf78b663950c702669f1d3f
• https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/ff84128c9b3bcbd79c28192d25929dab8faf185f
• https://github.com/opencast/opencast/releases/tag/19.7
• https://github.com/opencast/opencast/releases/tag/20.2
• https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-6f53-jp7x-gg7p
• https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-6f53-jp7x-gg7p

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