{"id":"CVE-2026-111998","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-111998","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:27:07.197Z","title":"Vanus 0.8.0 through 0.9.0 contains a default credentials vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain cluster-admin access by using the hardcoded admin token.","description":"Vanus 0.8.0 through 0.9.0 contains a default credentials vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain cluster-admin access by using the hardcoded admin token. Attackers can send the fixed Bearer token to the gateway gRPC proxy port to manage namespaces, eventbuses, users, tokens, and role bindings, and read or publish events.","published":"2026-10-18T12:17:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T21:14:14.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS: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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-1392"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00688,"percentile":0.52513,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-19","score":0.00533,"percentile":0.43834}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-18T12:17:12.000Z","detail":{"score":"9.3","severity":"CRITICAL","publishedAt":"2026-10-18T12:17:11.730Z"},"summary":"New CVE, critical severity (CVSS 9.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/blob/v0.9.0/internal/controller/tenant/controller.go#L449-L500","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/blob/v0.9.0/internal/primitive/constants.go#L37","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/issues/647","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vanus-0.8.0-through-0.9.0-default-admin-credentials-via-gateway","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/issues/647","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111998","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}