Historical field disclosure via incomplete journal authorization
Published Jun 26, 2026 · Updated Jun 26, 2026
Missing authorization in OpenProject 17.3.2 and earlier and 17.4.0 allows remote attackers to read hidden historical field values. The Rails JournalsController diff action loads a journal by its supplied identifier and applies only broad journable permissions, omitting object-, journal-, and field-level visibility checks. Low-privileged access is sufficient, while unauthenticated access is possible for public projects; responses expose actual old and new text values but no integrity or availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in OpenProject 17.3.2 and earlier and 17.4.0 allows remote attackers to read hidden historical field values. The Rails JournalsController diff action loads a journal by its supplied identifier and applies only broad journable permissions, omitting object-, journal-, and field-level visibility checks. Low-privileged access is sufficient, while unauthenticated access is possible for public projects; responses expose actual old and new text values but no integrity or availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-47193
- Published
- Jun 26, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 26, 2026
- Vendor
- OpenProject GmbH
- Product
- OpenProject
- Classifications
- CWE-200, CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 17.3.3
- Affected versionversion=>= 17.4.0, < 17.4.1
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- GitHub advisory journal-diff reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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