{"id":"CVE-2026-123553","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-123553"],"related":[],"title":"OpenAM: default built-in accounts with public passwords allow remote login","description":"OpenAM before 16.1.4 ships built-in identities in the Top Level Realm (demo, anonymous, wsc, wsp, SecurityTokenService and agentAuth) with passwords that are identical on every installation, publicly known, and able to authenticate. Unauthenticated remote attackers can log in as these identities to obtain authenticated sessions, and the agent identities can read the configuration of other agent profiles.","summary":"OpenAM before 16.1.4 ships built-in identities such as demo, anonymous, wsc and wsp with identical, publicly known passwords on every installation. An unauthenticated remote attacker can log in as these identities and obtain authenticated sessions, and the agent identities can read configuration of other agent profiles.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.9,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["identity","openam","other","self-hosted","sso"],"not_affected_if":["version-16.1.4-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Confirm the OpenAM version with the installed build; versions below `16.1.4` are listed as affected.\n- Check whether the built-in identities (demo, anonymous, wsc, wsp, SecurityTokenService, agentAuth) still exist and can authenticate in the Top Level Realm.","fix":"- OpenAM: move to `16.1.4` or later.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-08T02:16:46+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-08T02:21:11+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-08T02:24:44+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-08T02:24:44+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-08T02:24:44Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- OpenAM: move to `16.1.4` or later.","reach":"internet","title":"OpenAM: default built-in accounts with public passwords allow remote login","impact":"medium","summary":"OpenAM before 16.1.4 ships built-in identities such as demo, anonymous, wsc and wsp with identical, publicly known passwords on every installation. An unauthenticated remote attacker can log in as these identities and obtain authenticated sessions, and the agent identities can read configuration of other agent profiles.","audience":"businesses","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["openam","self-hosted","sso","identity"],"confidence":0.7,"fix_status":"available","needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"Remote attacker logs in as built-in identities and reads agent configuration","analyst_note":"Confirm whether the built-in identities can be disabled or their passwords changed without the 16.1.4 upgrade, using the vendor advisory at github.com and the VulnCheck advisory.","how_to_check":"- Confirm the OpenAM version with the installed build; versions below `16.1.4` are listed as affected.\n- Check whether the built-in identities (demo, anonymous, wsc, wsp, SecurityTokenService, agentAuth) still exist and can authenticate in the Top Level Realm.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["version-16.1.4-or-later"],"who_is_affected":"Organizations running OpenAM as an access management or single sign-on server with an affected version before 16.1.4 are exposed, since the default identities are reachable over the network. Sources do not say whether default configurations are the only exposure, so teams should check whether these built-in identities are reachable from outside their network. Deployments already on 16.1.4 or later are not affected.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.000757,"input_tokens":4312,"output_tokens":652,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-123553':15A,18A '-2026':14A,17A '16.1.4':28B,76C 'abl':105C 'account':6A 'agent':65B,72B,123C,131C 'agentauth':93C 'allow':10A 'anonym':37B,88C 'attack':52B,110C 'authent':61B,107C,119C 'built':4A,31B,79C 'built-in':3A,30B,78C 'configur':69B,128C 'cve':13A,16A 'default':2A 'demo':36B,87C 'everi':47B,100C 'host':24B 'ident':19B,33B,42B,58B,66B,81C,98C,116C,124C 'instal':48B,101C 'known':44B,103C 'level':85C 'log':54B,112C 'login':12A 'obtain':60B,118C 'openam':1A,20B,26B,74C 'password':9A,45B,95C 'profil':73B,132C 'public':8A,43B,102C 'read':68B,126C 'realm':86C 'remot':11A,51B,109C 'securitytokenservic':91C 'self':23B 'self-host':22B 'session':62B,120C 'ship':29B,77C 'sso':25B 'top':84C 'unauthent':50B,108C 'wsc':38B,89C 'wsp':40B,90C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Organizations running OpenAM as an access management or single sign-on server with an affected version before 16.1.4 are exposed, since the default identities are reachable over the network. Sources do not say whether default configurations are the only exposure, so teams should check whether these built-in identities are reachable from outside their network. Deployments already on 16.1.4 or later are not affected.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["identity","medium","openam","other","selfhosted","sso"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-123553':15A,18A '-2026':14A,17A 'account':6A 'allow':10A 'built':4A 'built-in':3A 'cve':13A,16A 'default':2A 'login':12A 'openam':1A 'password':9A 'public':8A 'remot':11A","search_b":"'16.1.4':28B 'agent':65B,72B 'anonym':37B 'attack':52B 'authent':61B 'built':31B 'built-in':30B 'configur':69B 'demo':36B 'everi':47B 'host':24B 'ident':19B,33B,42B,58B,66B 'instal':48B 'known':44B 'log':54B 'obtain':60B 'openam':20B,26B 'password':45B 'profil':73B 'public':43B 'read':68B 'remot':51B 'self':23B 'self-host':22B 'session':62B 'ship':29B 'sso':25B 'unauthent':50B 'wsc':38B 'wsp':40B","search_c":"'16.1.4':76C 'abl':105C 'agent':123C,131C 'agentauth':93C 'anonym':88C 'attack':110C 'authent':107C,119C 'built':79C 'built-in':78C 'configur':128C 'demo':87C 'everi':100C 'ident':81C,98C,116C,124C 'instal':101C 'known':103C 'level':85C 'log':112C 'obtain':118C 'openam':74C 'password':95C 'profil':132C 'public':102C 'read':126C 'realm':86C 'remot':109C 'securitytokenservic':91C 'session':120C 'ship':77C 'top':84C 'unauthent':108C 'wsc':89C 'wsp':90C","first_public_at":"2026-10-22T08:30:50+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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-2026-123553","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123553","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-08T02:16:46+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-08T02:16:46+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-08T02:21:11+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-08T02:21:11+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[{"id":99255,"url":"https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM/security/advisories/GHSA-hvfc-4v4r-8p9w","title":"Vendor advisory: github.com","kind":"vendor","source":"nvd","publisher":"vendor","text":null,"published_at":"2026-10-22T08:30:50+00:00","relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":"Vendor advisory: github.com"},{"id":99256,"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openam-before-16.1.4-default-credentials-in-built-in-accounts-allow-unauthenticated-login","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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