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CVE-2026-119597

AIDotNet OpenDeepWiki — OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 Hard-coded JWT Signing Key Admin Token Forgery

CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
29
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0No EPSS score.000 × 200.0No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: unknown+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
OpenDeepWiki≤ 2.0.6–CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VulnCheck (CNA)9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

patchgithub.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/commit/1bf0f4b5ef8d972ca640e5df145b5813a9492544refgithub.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403writeupgithub.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/appsettings.json#L27writeupgithub.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/Program.cs#L92writeuphackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgeryrefgithub.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWikiwriteupvulncheck.com/advisories/opendeepwiki-through-2.0.6-hard-coded-jwt-signing-key-admin-token-forgery