---
title: "CVE-2026-71854: OpenAEV - Broken Access Control"
description: "OpenAEV < 2.260622.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by unauthenticated access to /api/player/** endpoints trusting client-supplied userId, letting unauthenticated attackers read and modify lessons data, exploit requires knowledge of exercise UUID."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-71854/
---

# CVE-2026-71854 OpenAEV - Broken Access Control

OpenAEV < 2.260622.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by unauthenticated access to /api/player/\*\* endpoints trusting client-supplied userId, letting unauthenticated attackers read and modify lessons data, exploit requires knowledge of exercise UUID.

CVSS base score 8.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71854)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Published

14 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-306](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 2.260622.0 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71854](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71854)
- [https://github.com/OpenAEV-Platform/openaev/security/advisories/GHSA-47wr-wp4h-8v3f](https://github.com/OpenAEV-Platform/openaev/security/advisories/GHSA-47wr-wp4h-8v3f)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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