CVE-2026-56265

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-06-21. the CNA's CVSS baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:vulncheck, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 3%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
75(Attend)
EG Risk 75/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
3%
EPSS %ILE
84%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 22, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

Crawl4AI - Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Signing Key | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-authentication-bypass-via-hardcoded-jwt-signing-key
generic

GitHub - unclecode/crawl4ai: 🚀🤖 Crawl4AI: Open-source LLM Friendly Web Crawler & Scraper. Don't be shy, join here: https://discord.gg/jP8KfhDhyN · GitHub

https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai
github Patch Available

Multiple Docker API Vulnerabilities - File Write, SSRF, Auth Bypass, XSS, JS Execution · Advisory · unclecode/crawl4ai · GitHub

https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56265(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
crawl4ai0.3.0 ... 0.8.6 (64 versions)0.8.7—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 189× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 419 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-56265.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    Crawl4AI < 0.8.7 - Hardcoded JWT Signing Key Authentication Bypass

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56265?
CVE-2026-56265 is a critical vulnerability published on June 21, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-56265 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56265 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 21, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56265 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56265 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 15.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56265?
CVE-2026-56265 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.8 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56265?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56265, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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