CVE-2026-56265 (GCVE-0-2026-56265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-21 13:26 – Updated: 2026-06-22 10:43
VLAI
Title
Crawl4AI - Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Signing Key
Summary
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.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
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
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Crawl4AI Crawl4AI Affected: 0 , < 0.8.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 0.8.7 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-06-16 00:00
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