CVE-2026-56265

Crawl4AI - Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Signing Key

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.

Affected

Crawl4AI

CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK

9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v4.0 GitHub

9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v3.1 VULNCHECK

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

2.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 85th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-798

Published

2026-06-21

Updated

2026-07-14

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-56265.yaml

Security advisories

• unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-authentication-bypass-via-hardcoded-jwt-sig…
• advisories/GHSA-8qrg-7j2f-rf2h
• unclecode/crawl4ai

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry