CVE-2026-123553
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 02:16:46.953000
Last modified
2026-11-08 02:16:46.953000
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