Vulnerability · Published Oct 3, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-105121OpenAM before 16.1.3 Improper Authorization in Delegated Session-Destroy Realm Scoping

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in OpenAM from OpenIdentityPlatform. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows delegated administrators to destroy sessions outside their realms because realm checks use the requester's realm. Authenticated accounts holding the iplanet-am-session-destroy-sessions attribute can supply a target session identifier or handle to forcibly log out users in any realm.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenIdentityPlatform	OpenAM	0 – before 16.1.3

Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-hmwh-9r8r-44gw) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenAM before 16.1.3 Improper Authorization in Delegated Session-Destroy Realm Scoping third-party-advisory