CVE-2026-53977

OpenChamber 1.11.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to terminate the server process by sending a POST request to the /api/system/shutdown endpoint, which is registered before the authentication middleware in the Express route handler chain. Attackers can exploit the route registration order in bootstrap-runtime.js to reach the shutdown handler before auth middleware executes, causing denial of service to all active AI coding sessions and locking out legitimate remote users regardless of whether UI_PASSWORD is configured.

CVSS 4.0

8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 61% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-306

Published

2026-08-06

Modified

2026-10-24

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

References

• https://github.com/openchamber/openchamber
• https://github.com/openchamber/openchamber/commit/f1b9506132faf6c564a2694c7f33b94421a49b4a
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openchamber-unauthenticated-dos-via-api-system-shutdown

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