CVE-2026-119597
OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 Hard-coded JWT Signing Key Admin Token Forgery
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Oct 30, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 30, 2026
Description
OpenDeepWiki 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
OpenDeepWikiAIDotNet |
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References
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/commit/1bf0f4b5ef8d972ca640e5df145b5813a9492544patch
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403issue-tracking
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/appsettings.json#L27technical-description
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/Program.cs#L92technical-description
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgerythird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWikiproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 Hard-coded JWT Signing Key Admin Token Forgerythird-party-advisory
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