Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2026-33005

Description

Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings.

Any registered user can query web service with their credentials and get files/sub-folders of any folder by ID (metadata only NOT contents). Metadata includes id, type, name and some other field. Full list of fields get be checked at FileItemDTO object.

This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 3.10 before 9.0.0.

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

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-parentMaven	>= 3.10, < 9.0.0	9.0.0

Affected products

Apache/Openmeetings
cpe:2.3:a:apache:openmeetings:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=3.1.0,<9.0.0
ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.apache.openmeetings/openmeetings-parent
Range: >= 3.10, < 9.0.0

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/10nvdMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-78cg-fc6c-w44wghsaADVISORY
lists.apache.org/thread/pttoprd628g3xr6lpp3bm1z8m3z8t4p7nvdMailing ListVendor AdvisoryWEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33005ghsaADVISORY
openmeetings.apache.org/openmeetings-db/apidocs/org.apache.openmeetings.db/org/apache/openmeetings/db/dto/file/FileItemDTO.htmlnvdProductWEB

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