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Active auto-login sessions remain valid after password change

Moderate
oliverguenther published GHSA-r374-cr8p-hmp9 Sep 30, 2026

Software

OpenProject

Affected versions

< 17.8.1

Patched versions

17.9.0, 17.8.1

Description

The application does not invalidate existing authenticated sessions that used the "auto-login" checkbox after a user changes their password. As a result, other active sessions for the same account, including sessions on other browsers or devices, remain authenticated and usable after the password change is completed.

This can allow an attacker who has already obtained a valid session token or authenticated browser session to retain access even after the legitimate user changes their password. The issue weakens the effectiveness of password rotation as an account recovery measure and may allow continued unauthorized access to account data and user-level actions until the retained session expires or is manually revoked.

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

No CWEs