Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in OpenAM with Release of Version 16.1.2

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been disclosed in OpenAM, including remote code execution flaws that require no authentication. The Open Identity Platform development team released OpenAM 16.1.2 on July 20, 2026, addressing a total of 18 issues that encompass both native vulnerabilities and those in third-party dependencies. CVE-2026-62379 allows arbitrary Java classes specified in XML to be loaded and instantiated without validation, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution. CVE-2026-62263 stems from improper deserialization filtering in Java, similarly permitting unauthenticated code execution. The update also resolves an XSS vulnerability (CVE-2026-62280) on the authorization consent page and fixes issues in components such as Node.js, js-yaml, and websocket-driver. CVSS scores rate the two primary flaws as critical at 9.8 and 9.2 respectively.

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OpenAM has been found to contain multiple vulnerabilities, some of which allow remote code execution. The development team addressed these issues by releasing security update OpenAM 16.1.2 on July 20, 2026, covering 18 vulnerabilities in total, including those inherited from third-party dependencies.

The flaw tracked as CVE-2026-62379 affects the authentication endpoint. It permits loading and instantiating arbitrary Java classes specified in XML without any validation, enabling unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. Another critical issue, CVE-2026-62263, arises from insufficient restrictions on deserialized objects during authentication, again allowing unauthenticated remote code execution.

GitHub assigned CVE-2026-62379 a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8, while CVE-2026-62263 received a CVSS v4.0 score of 9.2; both are rated Critical. The update additionally fixes cross-site scripting vulnerability CVE-2026-62280 on the authorization consent page and resolves issues in dependent software including the Node.js component, js-yaml, and websocket-driver.

Full list of addressed CVEs

  • CVE-2026-45736
  • CVE-2026-48779
  • CVE-2026-49982
  • CVE-2026-53550
  • CVE-2026-54466
  • CVE-2026-54490
  • CVE-2026-61787
  • CVE-2026-62261
  • CVE-2026-62263
  • CVE-2026-62280
  • CVE-2026-62379
  • CVE-2026-63463
  • CVE-2026-63467
  • CVE-2026-63468
  • CVE-2026-63484
  • CVE-2026-63485
  • CVE-2026-63487
  • CVE-2026-63488
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