# CVE-2026-14871: osTicket v1.18.3 - v1.17.7 - BOLA/IDOR in ticket field viewing allows cross-department data disclosure

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- osTicket: v1.18.3, v1.17.7

## Description

osTicket versions v1.18.3 and v1.17.7 contain a Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) leading to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the AJAX ticket-management subsystem.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on osTicket, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/kyokai
- https://medium.com/p/1abb8be847e6
- https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/
- https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/releases/tag/v1.18.4
- https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket/releases/tag/v1.17.8
- https://github.com/JFOZ1010/CVE-2026-14871

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