# CVE-2026-46355: BigBlueButton: Unauthenticated Session Hijack via Exposed /bigbluebutton/api/handleJoinExistingUser

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0.23
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- bigbluebutton: fixed in 3.0.23

## Description

BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom. Prior to 3.0.23, BigBlueButton exposed /bigbluebutton/api/handleJoinExistingUser through bigbluebutton-web/grails-app/controllers/org/bigbluebutton/web/controllers/ApiController.groovy. A requester able to supply an existingUserID for an active participant could reuse that participant's session and impersonate the participant in the same meeting because handleJoinExistingUser was a routable controller action rather than a private helper. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.23.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on bigbluebutton, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.23) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-38fw-2gq7-ccgr
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/972b04e474e195cbd708b5b3f0485fe528a1a85b
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v3.0.23

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