CVE-2026-119597
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-30 14:16:47.770000
Last modified
2026-10-30 14:16:47.770000
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"published": "2026-10-30T14:16:47.770",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/Program.cs#L92",
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"url": "https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/appsettings.json#L27",
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"url": "https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403",
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"url": "https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgery",
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}