CVE-2026-40502

High

Description

OpenHarness prior to commit dd1d235 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows remote gateway users with chat access to invoke sensitive administrative commands by exploiting insufficient distinction between local-only and remote-safe commands in the gateway handler. Attackers can execute administrative commands such as /permissions full_auto through remote chat sessions to change permission modes of a running OpenHarness instance without operator authorization.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductHkuds Openharness
PublishedApr 16, 2026
First seenApr 16, 2026

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
hkuds openharnessv < 2026-04-132026-04-13

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