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BigBlueButton contains Improper Preservation of Permissions for whiteboard

Type: advisorySources: OSV

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Versions prior to 2.4.3 contain a whiteboard grace period that exists to handle delayed messages, but this grace period could be used by attackers to take actions in the few seconds after their access is revoked. The attacker must be a meeting participant. This issue is patched in version 2.4.3 an version 2.5-alpha-1

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2022-41963
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 13:55 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

BigBlueButton contains Improper Preservation of Permissions for whiteboard

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Dec 2022, 13:00 UTC

BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system. Versions prior to 2.4.3 contain a whiteboard grace period that exists to handle delayed messages, but this grace period could be used by attackers to take actions in the few seconds after their access is revoked. The attacker must be a meeting participant. This issue is patched in version 2.4.3 an version 2.5-alpha-1

osv:CVE-2022-41963
Complete source record
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