Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-22234

Access Control in Opexustech Ecase Portal ≤ 9.0.45.0

Published
08 January 2026
Modified
18 February 2026
CVSS Score v4 9.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0038 31th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-22234 is a critical-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Opexustech Ecase Portal. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 31th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-22234 is a critical authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-639) with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) in OPEXUS eCasePortal versions before 9.0.45.0. The flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to access the Attachments.aspx endpoint and exploit predictable formid values to perform unauthorized operations on user-uploaded files.

Any unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability by iterating through predictable formid parameters on the Attachments.aspx endpoint. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to download or delete all user-uploaded files across the system or upload arbitrary new files, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Mitigation requires upgrading to OPEXUS eCasePortal version 9.0.45.0 or later. Further details on the vulnerability and remediation are provided in the CISA CSAF advisory at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-26-008-02.json and the official CVE record at https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22234.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

OPEXUS eCasePortal before version 9.0.45.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to navigate to the 'Attachments.aspx' endpoint, iterate through predictable values of 'formid', and download or delete all user-uploaded files, or upload new files.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2025-3874Shared CWE-639
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Affected Assets

opexustech
ecase portal
≤ 9.0.45.0

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Enforcing approved authorizations on every access request structurally stops a user-controlled key from reaching another user's data.

Requiring explicit access-control decisions on each request blocks unauthorized key-driven access.

Least-privilege restrictions limit the scope of data reachable even if a key check is bypassed.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Enforcing authorization policy and least privilege directly blocks user-controlled key tampering that bypasses access checks.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Logical access controls prevent unauthorized data access that results from missing authorization checks on object references.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect missing authorization checks but does not prevent the weakness in production.

prevents

Information access restriction explicitly enforces that users may only retrieve data they are authorized to see, directly addressing user-controlled key bypass.

prevents

Access control policy directly requires enforcement of authorization rules that prevent unauthorized access via manipulated keys.

prevents

Managing access rights includes ensuring users can only access their own records and not bypass authorization by altering identifiers.

mitigates

Privileged access rights control restricts what data each user may access, mitigating direct object reference attacks.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes authorization design but does not itself implement runtime access checks.

References