CVE-2026-119597
critical · 9.3OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 contains a hard-coded JWT signing key vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens using the publicly known Jwt:SecretKey in appsettings.json. Attackers can mint HS256 bearer tokens with an Admin role claim to access /api/admin endpoints and control users, roles, repositories, settings, and API keys.
9.3
CVSS
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EPSS (exploit prob.)
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EPSS percentile
2026-10-30
Published
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-321
References
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/Program.cs#L92
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/appsettings.json#L27
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/commit/1bf0f4b5ef8d972ca640e5df145b5813a9492544
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgery
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opendeepwiki-through-2.0.6-hard-coded-jwt-signing-key-admin-token-forgery
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-119597