CVE-2026-40515 | HKUDS OpenHarness Path Normalization authorization (EUVD-2026-23450)

VDB-358085 · CVE-2026-40515 · EUVD-2026-23450 HKUDS OPENHARNESS PATH NORMALIZATION AUTHORIZATION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 6.3 $0-$5k 6.49+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability was found in HKUDS OpenHarness. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Path Normalization Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-40515. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HKUDS OpenHarness (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Path Normalization Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is: OpenHarness before commit bd4df81 contains a permission bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to read sensitive files by exploiting incomplete path normalization in the permission checker. Attackers can invoke the built-in grep and glob tools with sensitive root directories that are not properly evaluated against configured path rules, allowing disclosure of sensitive local file content, key material, configuration files, or directory contents despite configured path restrictions. The weakness was published by Chia Min Jun Lennon. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-40515 since 04/13/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. Applying the patch bd4df81f634f8c7cddcc3fdf7f561a13dcbf03ae is able to eliminate this problem. The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-23450). Productinfo Vendor HKUDS Name OpenHarness Website Product: https://github.com/HKUDS/OpenHarness/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3 VulDB Base Score: 5.3 VulDB Temp Score: 5.1 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 7.5 CNA Vector (VulnCheck): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Authorization CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Patch Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Patch: bd4df81f634f8c7cddcc3fdf7f561a13dcbf03ae Timelineinfo 04/13/2026 CVE reserved 04/17/2026 +4 days Advisory disclosed 04/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: github.com Researcher: Chia Min Jun Lennon Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-40515 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-40515 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-358085 EUVD: 🔒 Entryinfo Created: 04/17/2026 18:46 Updated: 04/17/2026 19:16 Changes: 04/17/2026 18:46 (75), 04/17/2026 19:16 (1) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:954:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸