Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-119597OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 Hard-coded JWT Signing Key Admin Token Forgery
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in OpenDeepWiki from AIDotNet. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| AIDotNet | OpenDeepWiki | 0 – through 2.0.6 |
Weakness: CWE-321 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/commit/1bf0f4b5ef8d972ca640e5df145b5813a9492544 patch
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/appsettings.json#L27 technical-description
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/Program.cs#L92 technical-description
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgery third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki product
- VulnCheck Advisory: OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 Hard-coded JWT Signing Key Admin Token Forgery third-party-advisory