CVE-2026-24777 OpenProject has Improper Access Control on User Management allows user managers to lock admin accounts
User managers can lock administrator accounts due to missing permission checks, potentially causing denial of service or privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-24777?
CVE-2026-24777 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in opf openproject, published on 9 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenProject is an open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to 17.0.2, users with the Manage Users permission can lock and unlock users. This functionality should only be possible for users of the application, but they were not supposed to be able to lock application administrators. Due to a missing permission check this logic was not enforced. The problem was fixed in OpenProject 17.0.2The problem was fixed in OpenProject 17.0.2.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-24777?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openproject Openproject.
How do I fix CVE-2026-24777?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-24777 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-24777 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-24777 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in opf openproject
- CVE-2026-34717 OpenProject: SQL Injection in Cost Reporting =n Operator via parse_number_string
- CVE-2026-25763 Command Injection on OpenProject repositories leads to Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-24685 OpenProject has Argument Injection on Repository module that allows Arbitrary File Write
- CVE-2026-32698 OpenProject has a SQL Injection via Custom Field Name that can be chained to Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-32703 OpenProject's repository files are served with the MIME type allowing them to be used to bypass Content Security Policy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fq66-cwg6-qq69.