# CVE-2026-73840: OpenChoreo: Unauthenticated build/workflow trigger via git-provider confusion (webhook signature bypass)

- Also known as: GHSA-C5F6-2RM9-2W8G, GO-2026-6360
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.3, 1.1.3, 1.2.0-rc.2
- Published: 2026-08-13 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- openchoreo: fixed in 1.0.3; from 1.1.0, fixed in 1.1.3; from 1.2.0-rc.1, fixed in 1.2.0-rc.2
- github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo (Go): fixed in 1.0.3
- github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo (Go): from 1.1.0, fixed in 1.1.3
- github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo (Go): from 1.2.0-rc.1, fixed in 1.2.0-rc.2
- github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo (Go): fixed in 1.0.3; from 1.1.0, fixed in 1.1.3; from 1.2.0-rc.1, fixed in 1.2.0-rc.2

## Description

OpenChoreo is a complete, open-source developer platform for Kubernetes. Prior to 1.0.3, 1.1.3, and 1.2.0-rc.2, the POST /api/v1alpha1/autobuild endpoint in internal/openchoreo-api/api/handlers/webhook_handler.go selected a webhook provider from caller-controlled X-Event-Key, accepted Bitbucket requests without HMAC-SHA256 in X-Hub-Signature or a configured bitbucket-secret, and allowed unauthenticated build triggers for components matched by repository URL and branch, including cross-provider triggers using attacker-supplied commit SHAs. This issue is fixed in versions 1.0.3, 1.1.3, and 1.2.0-rc.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openchoreo, github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.3, 1.1.3, 1.2.0-rc.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/security/advisories/GHSA-c5f6-2rm9-2w8g
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/pull/4239
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/pull/4252
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/pull/4253
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/commit/268efd9b762a3f4f72b55d9c1b13dfc55122127b
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/commit/8af4a3fc8725fc2d8a9de9611e77278a5c48f978
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/commit/f540553db7143141b73bb37fae02102e6f082a34
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/releases/tag/v1.0.3
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/releases/tag/v1.1.3
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/releases/tag/v1.2.0-rc.2

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