CVE-2026-46355
What it is
BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom. Prior to 3.0.23, BigBlueButton exposed /bigbluebutton/api/handleJoinExistingUser through bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/controllers/org/bigbluebutton/web/controllers/ApiController.groovy. A requester able to supply an existingUserID for an active participant could reuse that participant's session and impersonate the participant in the same meeting because handleJoinExistingUser was a routable controller action rather than a private helper. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.23.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-287 · Improper authentication
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/972b04e474e195cbd708b5b3f0485fe528a1a85b
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v3.0.23
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-38fw-2gq7-ccgr