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SCA: security update for org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-oauth2 (GHSA-fq9h-c788-fx73)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443769

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Open Access Management (OpenAM) is an access management solution. Prior to 16.1.1, the OAuth 2.0 and
 OpenID Connect authorization endpoint does not sufficiently encode user-supplied parameters before
 FormPostResponse.ftl and checkSession.ftl render them into HTML for the form_post response mode. An
 unauthenticated attacker can induce a user to open a crafted authorization request and execute script in
 the OpenAM origin. This issue is fixed in version 16.1.1. (CVE-2026-44203)

Solution

Update the org.openidentityplatform.openam:openam-oauth2 library and its related packages to version 16.1.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fq9h-c788-fx73

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443769

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/23/2026

Updated: 9/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44203

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44203

cwe: CWE-79