OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows delegated administrators to destroy sessions outside their realms because realm checks use the requester's realm. Authenticated accounts holding the iplanet-am-session-destroy-sessions attribute can supply a target session identifier or handle to forcibly log out users in any realm.
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Description OpenAM before 16.1.3 contains an improper authorization vulnerability that allows delegated administrators to destroy sessions outside their realms because realm checks use the requester's realm. Authenticated accounts holding the iplanet-am-session-destroy-sessions attribute can supply a target session identifier or handle to forcibly log out users in any realm.
Title OpenAM before 16.1.3 Improper Authorization in Delegated Session-Destroy Realm Scoping
First Time appeared Openidentityplatform
Openidentityplatform openam
Weaknesses CWE-285
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openidentityplatform:openam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openidentityplatform
Openidentityplatform openam
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-03T12:14:44.905Z

Reserved: 2026-10-03T12:04:36.964Z

Link: CVE-2026-105121

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-03T14:16:38.997

Modified: 2026-10-03T14:16:38.997

Link: CVE-2026-105121

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-03T15:30:19Z

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