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An attacker positioned on the network who intercepts unencrypted traffic or controls a site server can crash receiving processes, tamper with writable files, and possibly execute code.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["identity-management","openam","other","soap"],"not_affected_if":["encrypted-internal-channel","openam-16.1.4-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Identify OpenAM installations and their version, for example from the admin console or the installed package version, and compare against `16.1.4`\n- Check whether the internal SOAP channel between OpenAM servers and site servers runs unencrypted","fix":"- OpenAM: move to `16.1.4` or later\n- Client SDK: unknown for the fixed version","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-08T02:16:45+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-08T02:21:10+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-08T02:24:48+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-08T02:24:48+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-08T02:24:48Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- OpenAM: move to `16.1.4` or later\n- Client SDK: unknown for the fixed version","reach":"network","title":"OpenAM: weak response validation on server SOAP channel allows tampering and crashes","impact":"medium","summary":"OpenAM before 16.1.4 and its client SDK do not properly validate responses on the internal server-to-server SOAP channel. An attacker positioned on the network who intercepts unencrypted traffic or controls a site server can crash receiving processes, tamper with writable files, and possibly execute code.","audience":"businesses","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["openam","soap","identity-management"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"available","needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"Attacker crashes services, tampers with files, and possibly runs code","analyst_note":"Confirm the client SDK fixed version and the exact conditions for code execution from the vendor advisory on github.com and the VulnCheck advisory.","how_to_check":"- Identify OpenAM installations and their version, for example from the admin console or the installed package version, and compare against `16.1.4`\n- Check whether the internal SOAP channel between OpenAM servers and site servers runs unencrypted\n- unknown for any further check the sources do not describe","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["openam-16.1.4-or-later","encrypted-internal-channel"],"who_is_affected":"Organizations running OpenAM before 16.1.4, and any application using its client SDK, where the internal server-to-server SOAP traffic can be intercepted or a site server is controlled by an attacker. Deployments that encrypt the internal channel and restrict network positions are less exposed. The sources do not say which specific configurations are default.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.000752,"input_tokens":4282,"output_tokens":647,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-123544':15A,18A '-2026':14A,17A '16.1.4':27B,75C 'affect':100C 'allow':9A,94C 'attack':47B,98C,104C 'avail':103C 'channel':8A,45B,93C 'client':30B,78C 'code':72B,125C 'control':57B,110C 'crash':12A,62B,115C 'cve':13A,16A 'execut':71B,124C 'fail':80C 'file':68B,121C 'ident':20B 'identity-manag':19B 'integr':101C 'intercept':53B,106C 'intern':39B,87C 'manag':21B 'network':51B,96C 'network-posit':95C 'openam':1A,22B,25B,73C 'posit':48B,97C 'possibl':70B,123C 'process':64B,117C 'proper':34B 'receiv':63B,116C 'respons':3A,36B,84C 'sdk':31B,79C 'server':6A,41B,43B,60B,89C,91C,113C 'server-to-serv':40B,88C 'site':59B,112C 'soap':7A,24B,44B,92C 'suffici':82C 'tamper':10A,65B,118C 'traffic':55B,108C 'unencrypt':54B,107C 'valid':4A,35B,83C 'weak':2A 'writabl':67B,120C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Organizations running OpenAM before 16.1.4, and any application using its client SDK, where the internal server-to-server SOAP traffic can be intercepted or a site server is controlled by an attacker. Deployments that encrypt the internal channel and restrict network positions are less exposed. The sources do not say which specific configurations are default.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["identitymanagement","medium","openam","other","soap"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-123544':15A,18A '-2026':14A,17A 'allow':9A 'channel':8A 'crash':12A 'cve':13A,16A 'openam':1A 'respons':3A 'server':6A 'soap':7A 'tamper':10A 'valid':4A 'weak':2A","search_b":"'16.1.4':27B 'attack':47B 'channel':45B 'client':30B 'code':72B 'control':57B 'crash':62B 'execut':71B 'file':68B 'ident':20B 'identity-manag':19B 'intercept':53B 'intern':39B 'manag':21B 'network':51B 'openam':22B,25B 'posit':48B 'possibl':70B 'process':64B 'proper':34B 'receiv':63B 'respons':36B 'sdk':31B 'server':41B,43B,60B 'server-to-serv':40B 'site':59B 'soap':24B,44B 'tamper':65B 'traffic':55B 'unencrypt':54B 'valid':35B 'writabl':67B","search_c":"'16.1.4':75C 'affect':100C 'allow':94C 'attack':98C,104C 'avail':103C 'channel':93C 'client':78C 'code':125C 'control':110C 'crash':115C 'execut':124C 'fail':80C 'file':121C 'integr':101C 'intercept':106C 'intern':87C 'network':96C 'network-posit':95C 'openam':73C 'posit':97C 'possibl':123C 'process':117C 'receiv':116C 'respons':84C 'sdk':79C 'server':89C,91C,113C 'server-to-serv':88C 'site':112C 'soap':92C 'suffici':82C 'tamper':118C 'traffic':108C 'unencrypt':107C 'valid':83C 'writabl':120C","first_public_at":"2026-10-22T09:15:47+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/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-2026-123544","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123544","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-08T02:16:45+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-08T02:16:45+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-08T02:21:10+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-08T02:21:10+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[{"id":99237,"url":"https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/security/advisories/GHSA-6gg2-2v5m-454x","title":"Vendor advisory: github.com","kind":"vendor","source":"nvd","publisher":"vendor","text":null,"published_at":"2026-10-22T09:15:47+00:00","relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":"Vendor advisory: github.com"},{"id":99238,"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openam-before-16.1.4-insufficient-response-validation-in-internal-soap-channel","title":"Third-party advisory: www.vulncheck.com","kind":"advisory","source":"nvd","publisher":"research","text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":"Third-party advisory: www.vulncheck.com"}],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. 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