CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-48071

MediumCVSS 5.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.38%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

Prior to version 1.0.4, the PIN-type challenge throttle uses `emailHash` as the only key, and the `challenge_throttle` table is shared across all tenants. An attacker who knows a patient's email can lock out that patient on another tenant by issuing failed challenge responses against one tenant. The lockout escalates with repeated failures, leading to sustained denial of service. Version 1.0.4 patches the issue.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can deliberately lock out a patient from the system, causing service unavailability and potential disruption in healthcare.

Recommendation

Update OpenReception to version 1.0.4 or later to fix the throttle mechanism to consider tenant context.

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Original NVD description (English source)

OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to version 1.0.4, the PIN-type challenge throttle uses `emailHash` as the only key. The throttle rows live in the central `challenge_throttle` table, which is shared across all tenants. Every tenant's `/api/tenants/{id}/appointments/verify-challenge` endpoint increments the same row when a PIN response fails, and every tenant's `/api/tenants/{id}/appointments/challenge` endpoint reads the same row when deciding whether to issue a new challenge. When the same `emailHash` exists in multiple tenants on the same OpenReception instance (the same patient holding tunnels in two different clinics that share the platform), an attacker who knows the patient's email can lock out that patient on tenant B by issuing failed challenge responses against tenant A. The attacker needs no relationship to tenant B; the lockout propagates through the shared throttle row. The lockout escalates with repeated failures. The first lockout triggers at 4 failed attempts and lasts approximately 60 seconds. Subsequent failures escalate the lockout duration to 5 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes per the throttle service's escalation logic. Repeated bursts produce sustained denial of service against the targeted email. Version 1.0.4 patches the issue.

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