{"id":"CVE-2026-112787","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-112787"],"related":[],"title":"OpenCATS: authenticated users can view EEO demographic reports without permission","description":"OpenCATS before 0.10.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in ReportsUI::handleRequest() that allows authenticated users to view EEO demographic reports without the canSeeEEOInfo permission. Attackers can invoke the customizeEEOReport and generateEEOReportPreview actions to view aggregate ethnicity, veteran, gender and disability statistics.","summary":"OpenCATS before 0.10.0 skips the canSeeEEOInfo permission check in ReportsUI::handleRequest(). A logged-in user can call the customizeEEOReport and generateEEOReportPreview actions to read aggregate ethnicity, veteran, gender and disability statistics.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["hr","opencats","package","php","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["no-authenticated-users","version-0.10.0-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed OpenCATS version; affected releases are those before `0.10.0`.\n- Review which accounts have a login and whether low-privilege roles can reach the reports module.","fix":"- Upgrade OpenCATS to `0.10.0` or later.\n- Until upgraded, restrict access to the reports module to users who already hold the EEO permission.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-20T11:17:18+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:20+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:24:50+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:24:50+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:24:50Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Upgrade OpenCATS to `0.10.0` or later.\n- Until upgraded, restrict access to the reports module to users who already hold the EEO permission.","reach":"network","title":"OpenCATS: authenticated users can view EEO demographic reports without permission","impact":"low","summary":"OpenCATS before 0.10.0 skips the canSeeEEOInfo permission check in ReportsUI::handleRequest(). A logged-in user can call the customizeEEOReport and generateEEOReportPreview actions to read aggregate ethnicity, veteran, gender and disability statistics.","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["opencats","self-hosted","hr","php"],"confidence":0.8,"needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Authenticated users read aggregate EEO demographic statistics they should not see.","analyst_note":"","how_to_check":"- Check the installed OpenCATS version; affected releases are those before `0.10.0`.\n- Review which accounts have a login and whether low-privilege roles can reach the reports module.","needs_analyst":false,"not_affected_if":["version-0.10.0-or-later","no-authenticated-users"],"who_is_affected":"Teams self-hosting OpenCATS before 0.10.0 where any authenticated user account exists beyond those meant to see EEO data. Exposure depends on having a login, so instances with only trusted admin accounts carry less risk. Hosted or upgraded installs on 0.10.0 or later are not affected.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"no","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000613,"input_tokens":3354,"output_tokens":556,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-112787':13A,16A '-2026':12A,15A '0.10.0':26B,58C 'action':46B,87C 'aggreg':49B,90C 'allow':68C 'attack':80C 'authent':2A,69C 'author':62C 'call':41B 'canseeeeoinfo':29B,78C 'check':31B 'contain':59C 'customizeeeoreport':43B,84C 'cve':11A,14A 'demograph':7A,74C 'disabl':54B,95C 'eeo':6A,73C 'ethnic':50B,91C 'gender':52B,93C 'generateeeoreportpreview':45B,86C 'handlerequest':34B,66C 'host':23B 'hr':17B 'invok':82C 'log':37B 'logged-in':36B 'miss':61C 'opencat':1A,18B,24B,56C 'packag':19B 'permiss':10A,30B,79C 'php':20B 'read':48B 'report':8A,75C 'reportsui':33B,65C 'self':22B 'self-host':21B 'skip':27B 'statist':55B,96C 'user':3A,39B,70C 'veteran':51B,92C 'view':5A,72C,89C 'vulner':63C 'without':9A,76C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Teams self-hosting OpenCATS before 0.10.0 where any authenticated user account exists beyond those meant to see EEO data. Exposure depends on having a login, so instances with only trusted admin accounts carry less risk. Hosted or upgraded installs on 0.10.0 or later are not affected.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-20T11:17:18+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-112787","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112787","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-20T11:17:18+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-20T16:17:03+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:20+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:58+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}