Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-56262Crawl4AI - Unauthenticated Access to Monitor Endpoints via Docker API Server

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authentication in Crawl4AI from Crawl4AI. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Crawl4AI before 0.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the monitor router endpoints that allows unauthenticated attackers to access destructive operations. Remote attackers can invoke the /monitor/actions/cleanup endpoint and manipulate monitoring state without authentication, causing service disruption.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	GHSA-8qrg-7j2f-rf2h
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	PYSEC-2026-229
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	PYSEC-2026-230
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	PYSEC-2026-239
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	PYSEC-2026-3443
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	PYSEC-2026-3449
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	PYSEC-2026-596
PyPI	crawl4ai	0.8.7	PYSEC-2026-798

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Crawl4AI	Crawl4AI	0 – before 0.8.7

Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg vendor-advisory
https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai product
VulnCheck Advisory: Crawl4AI - Unauthenticated Access to Monitor Endpoints via Docker API Server third-party-advisory