Medium
Security advisory
In Opencast 2.2.3 and older if user names overlap, the Opencast search service used for publication to the media modules and players will handle the access control incorrectly so that users only need to match part of the user name used for the access restriction. For example, a user with the role ROLE_USER will have access to recordings published only for ROLE_USER_X.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-1000221
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Opencast 2.2.3 and older if user names overlap, the Opencast search service used for publication to the media modules and players will handle the access control incorrectly so that users only need to match part of the user name used for the access restriction. For example, a user with the role ROLE_USER will have access to recordings published only for ROLE_USER_X.
osv:CVE-2017-1000221
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000221",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2017-1000221",
"summary": "In Opencast 2.2.3 and older if user names overlap, the Opencast search service used for publication to the media modules and players will handle the access control incorrectly so that users only need to match part of the user name used for the access restriction. For example, a user with the role ROLE_USER will have access to recordings published only for ROLE_USER_X.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-1000221",
"products": [],
"severity": "medium",
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-1000221",
"GHSA-hx44-c87v-p6xg"
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"metrics": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
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}
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"affected": [
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"type": "GIT",
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"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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"versions": [
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],
"database_specific": {
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:27.215614331Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://opencast.jira.com/browse/MH-11862"
],
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},
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 431780,
"published_at": "2017-11-17T22:29:00.363+00:00"
}