CVE-2026-56265

CRITICAL EPSS 32.5%
Published Jun 21, 20261w ago · Modified Jun 22, 20261w ago
9.3 CVSS 4.0
Critical
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Published Jun 21, 2026 1w ago
Last Modified Jun 22, 2026 1w ago

Description

Crawl4AI before 0.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to a hardcoded default JWT signing key in the Docker API server. Attackers who know the default key can forge valid authentication tokens for any user, bypassing authentication and gaining full access to protected functionality.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.3
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
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
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
32.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials Authentication

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai
  • github.com https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-authentication-bypass-via-hardcoded-jwt-signing-key

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.