CVE-2026-49488

FAUCET Score

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings. This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 5.0.0 before 9.1.0. An attacker with moderator rights in any room can read arbitrary files accessible to the OS account running the OM server, including credentials and secrets, via a crafted download request. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.1.0, which fixes the issue.

First published: Jul 14, 2026Last modified: Jul 14, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 5.0.0, < 9.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:openmeetings::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.53%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

41.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

apachevendor investigatingvia vendor_rss

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

apacheapache:www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11450.html

CVE-2026-49488: Apache OpenMeetings: Arbitrary File Read

Jul 14, 2026

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2026/07/14/10

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.apache.org / thread/74zf32shox9oy62b7t55mvcj874bxqnj

Mailing ListVendor Advisory