What is GHSA-436m-m73c-vq4g?

GHSA-436m-m73c-vq4g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-436m-m73c-vq4g cover?

GHSA-436m-m73c-vq4g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-49488. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-436m-m73c-vq4g?

GHSA-436m-m73c-vq4g has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-436m-m73c-vq4gMediumCVSS 6.5

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-49488 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49488
https://lists.apache.org/thread/74zf32shox9oy62b7t55mvcj874bxqnj
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/14/10
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-436m-m73c-vq4g