CVE-2026-33005: Apache OpenMeetings has an Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability

April 9, 2026 (updated April 10, 2026)

Sny 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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-78cg-fc6c-w44w
github.com/apache/openmeetings
lists.apache.org/thread/pttoprd628g3xr6lpp3bm1z8m3z8t4p7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33005
openmeetings.apache.org/openmeetings-db/apidocs/org.apache.openmeetings.db/org/apache/openmeetings/db/dto/file/FileItemDTO.html

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