CVE-2026-56265criticalCWE-798

CVE-2026-56265: critical vulnerability in Crawl4AI

Crawl4AI - Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Signing Key

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43Vexday Risk Score

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ssvc Attendcvss 9.3epss 2.6%
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.
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
Affected products
Crawl4AI · Crawl4AI
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