Vulnerability · Published Aug 16, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-19928OpenBoxes Role Interceptor RoleInterceptor.groovy needManager privileges management
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in OpenBoxes. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in OpenBoxes up to 0.9.7. This affects the function needManager of the file grails-app/controllers/org/pih/warehouse/RoleInterceptor.groovy of the component Role Interceptor. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper privilege management. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 0.9.8-hotfix1 and 0.9.8 mitigates this issue. This patch is called 788cace0af816aa972a713a4631c57f16f895e6b. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-390179 | OpenBoxes Role Interceptor RoleInterceptor.groovy needManager privileges management vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-390179 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-19928 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #871981 | Openboxes v0.9.7 Server-Side Request Forgery third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/OpenBoxes/OpenBoxes/security/advisories/GHSA-9rrw-fx2p-p2q7 related
- https://github.com/OpenBoxes/OpenBoxes/pull/5948 issue-tracking, patch
- https://gist.github.com/nedlir/2bc3a6e5bd4d67b863223e1bfc2e4390 exploit
- https://github.com/openboxes/openboxes/commit/788cace0af816aa972a713a4631c57f16f895e6b patch
- https://github.com/openboxes/openboxes/releases/tag/v0.9.8 patch
- https://github.com/OpenBoxes/OpenBoxes/ product