Security advisory
Opencast before 7.6 and 8.1 enables a remember-me cookie based on a hash created from the username, password, and an additional system key. This means that an attacker getting access to a remember-me token for one server can get access to all servers which allow log-in using the same credentials without ever needing the credentials. This problem is fixed in Opencast 7.6 and Opencast 8.1
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-5222
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Opencast before 7.6 and 8.1 enables a remember-me cookie based on a hash created from the username, password, and an additional system key. This means that an attacker getting access to a remember-me token for one server can get access to all servers which allow log-in using the same credentials without ever needing the credentials. This problem is fixed in Opencast 7.6 and Opencast 8.1
osv:CVE-2020-5222
Complete source record
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