Vulnerability · Published Jun 17, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-48814Network-AI: Empty default secret still authorizes all requests (Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-46701)
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity missing authentication in Network-AI from Jovancoding. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Network-AI is a TypeScript/Node.js multi-agent orchestrator. In versions 5.7.1 and earlier, the MCP SSE server allows unauthenticated cross-origin MCP tool invocation due to an empty default secret. This issue was partially addressed by CVE-2026-46701 in version 5.4.5 by closing the CORS flaw (with Access-Control-Allow-Origin now set only for localhost origins), but the empty-default-secret flaw described in the title remained: the SSE MCP server still defaulted to an empty secret, _isAuthorized() still returned true when the secret was empty, and a non-loopback bind only produced a warning. As a result, the server still ran fully unauthenticated by default. Any non-browser caller (for example, curl, SSRF, or a 0.0.0.0 bind) could invoke all 22 MCP tools (config_set, agent_spawn, blackboard_write, token_*) with no credentials. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.2.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | network-ai | 5.7.2 | GHSA-r78r-rwrf-rjwp |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Jovancoding | Network-AI | < 5.7.2 |
Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/security/advisories/GHSA-r78r-rwrf-rjwp x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/releases/tag/v5.7.2 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3vx-cx2r-pvg8 x_refsource_MISC