CVE-2026-46355 PUBLISHED

BigBlueButton: Unauthenticated Session Hijack via Exposed /bigbluebutton/api/handleJoinExistingUser

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 20.08.2026 Updated: 20.08.2026

BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom. Prior to 3.0.23, BigBlueButton exposed /bigbluebutton/api/handleJoinExistingUser through bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/controllers/org/bigbluebutton/web/controllers/ApiController.groovy. A requester able to supply an existingUserID for an active participant could reuse that participant's session and impersonate the participant in the same meeting because handleJoinExistingUser was a routable controller action rather than a private helper. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.23.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor bigbluebutton
Product bigbluebutton
Versions
  • Version < 3.0.23 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE