What is CVE-2026-40515?

CVE-2026-40515 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hkuds Openharness, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-40515?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Hkuds Openharness

CVE-2026-40515

OpenHarness before commit bd4df81 contains a permission bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to read sensitive files by exploiting incomplete path normalization in the permission checker. Attackers can invoke the built-in grep and gl…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.000 (10.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Hkuds Openharness — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

github.com/HKUDS/OpenHarness/pull/92 (issue-tracking)
github.com/HKUDS/OpenHarness/commit/bd4df81f634f8c7cddcc3fdf7f561a13dcbf03ae (patch)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openharness-permission-bypass-via-grep-and-glob-ro… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40515?: CVE-2026-40515 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hkuds Openharness, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-40515?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.