OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an email content injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to control notification email wording via the forgotPassword and register actions on /json/{realm}/users. Attackers can supply subject and message fields to send phishing mail from the organisation's configured From address, or abuse register as a relay to arbitrary recipients.
CVE-2026-105117
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-10-03. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1MEDIUMhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 32EG Risk 32/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity61% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 0.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 4th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
October 3, 2026
Last Modified
October 3, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Oct 3, 2026Patch available. Sources: github.
generic
OpenAM before 16.1.3 Email Content Injection via Users REST Self-Service Actions | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openam-before-16.1.3-email-content-injection-via-users-rest-self-service-actionsgithub Patch Available
OpenAM: anonymous forgot-password and self-registration REST actions send attacker-worded email from the server's own address · Advisory · OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM · GitHub
https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/security/advisories/GHSA-mw38-8gr7-c4x2Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-105117(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 8× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-05 10:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-05 10:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-10-04 12:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 12:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-10-03 14:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-03 14:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-03 13:59 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-105117?
CVE-2026-105117 is a medium vulnerability published on October 3, 2026. OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an email content injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to control notification email wording via the forgotPassword and register actions on /json/{realm}/users. Attackers can supply subject and message fields to send phishing mail from the…
When was CVE-2026-105117 disclosed?
CVE-2026-105117 was first published on October 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-105117 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-105117 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-105117?
CVE-2026-105117 has a CVSS base score of 6.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-105117?
A fix for CVE-2026-105117 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-105117 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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