CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-48076

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in OpenReception's appointment booking software (versions 1.0.1 and prior) allows an unauthenticated attacker to add an appointment to a private channel (where `isPublic = false`). The new-client booking flow does not bind the access token to `channelId`, and the validation in `createNewClientWithAppointment` lacks the `channel.isPublic` check, enabling bypass. The attack requires only solving a 16-bit proof-of-work (trivial) and knowing the channel ID, which can be obtained from another vulnerability (V-10).

Risk Assessment

The organization is exposed to unauthorized access to private channels and creation of appointments without owner consent, potentially leading to confidentiality breaches of patient data and service disruption. An attacker can place an appointment in a private channel, which may result in information disclosure or resource abuse.

Recommendation

Immediately stop using affected versions (1.0.1 and earlier) and apply available patches once released. Until an update is available, restrict access to the system, enforce additional authentication, and monitor logs for unusual appointment activity.

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Original NVD description (English source)

OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. The new-client booking flow in versions 1.0.1 and prior consists of three calls: `bootstrap-challenge` (returns a 16-bit PoW challenge with `difficulty=4` leading hex zeroes), `bootstrap-verify` (validates the PoW and issues a Bearer booking access token), and `create-new-client` (consumes the token and creates the tunnel and first appointment). The token correctly binds to `tenantId`, `tunnelId`, `clientPublicKey`, and `emailHash`, but never to `channelId`. The `bootstrap-challenge` request schema does not even accept a `channelId`, and the issued token's payload contains no channel information. Independently, the service function `createNewClientWithAppointment` checks only `channel.archived = false`. The `channel.isPublic` check that protects `addAppointmentToTunnel` is missing in the new-client path. The combination means: an attacker completes the bootstrap flow normally (16-bit PoW, completes in well under one second on commodity hardware, no rate limiting beyond the throttle store), receives a valid booking access token, and then submits the `create-new-client` payload with `channelId` pointing to a private (`isPublic = false`) channel. The booking lands as `CONFIRMED` if the target channel has `requiresConfirmation = false` (the default), otherwise as `NEW`. The patient-facing UI does not list private channels in its picker (`/api/public/channels` correctly filters `isPublic = true`), so the channel ID must be obtained out of band. The companion finding V-10 (schedule endpoint discloses private channels) provides exactly that: a single unauthenticated GET reveals every private channel ID for any tenant. V-10 plus V-11 together make private channels fully reachable to anonymous attackers. As of time of publication, no known patched versions are available.

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