CVE-2026-33266 PUBLISHED

Apache OpenMeetings: Hardcoded Remember-Me Cookie Encryption Key and Salt

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 18.03.2026 Published: 09.04.2026 Updated: 09.04.2026

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings.

The remember-me cookie encryption key is set to default value in openmeetings.properties and not being auto-rotated. In case OM admin hasn't changed the default encryption key, an attacker who has stolen a cookie from a logged-in user can get full user credentials.

This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 6.1.0 before 9.0.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.0, which fixes the issue.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache OpenMeetings
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 6.1.0 to 9.0.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • 4ra2n (A code security AI agent) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key CWE