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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-42072

CVE-2026-42072

orneryd NornicDB — Nornicdb: Improper Network Binding in NornicDB Bolt Server allows unauthorized remote access

EPSS 0.4%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
37
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 38.2.382 × 207.6No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

Nornicdb is a distributed low-latency, Graph+Vector, Temporal MVCC with all sub-ms HNSW search, graph traversal, and writes. Prior to version 1.0.42-hotfix, the --address CLI flag (and NORNICDB_ADDRESS / server.host config key) is plumbed through to the HTTP server correctly but never reaches the Bolt server config. The Bolt listener therefore always binds to the wildcard address (all interfaces), regardless of what the user configures. On a LAN, this exposes the graph database — with its default admin:password credentials — to any device sharing the network. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.42-hotfix.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
NornicDB< 1.0.42-hotfix–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/orneryd/NornicDB/security/advisories/GHSA-2hp7-65r3-wv54refgithub.com/orneryd/NornicDB/commit/adce4f9a9fc7b6aada07c0bfa2d737cd7a6efacarefgithub.com/orneryd/NornicDB/releases/tag/v1.0.42