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CVE-2026-56265

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:4137eaede59258b08650cee13513271ab7590b40bb6388452be6c6071ebb76ff
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:pypi/crawl4ai","product":"Crawl4AI","vendor":"Crawl4AI","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.8.7","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"0.8.7","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-798","description":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

4 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai","tags":["product"],"url":"https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: Crawl4AI - Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Signing Key","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-authentication-bypass-via-hardcoded-jwt-signing-key"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6e0d9d2193f7d623c3f4918225fcaa1780d74f0677a20d38702060c37c06a869 · sha256:9ff809c07f116b1f… · /containers/cna/references/2

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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