{"id":"CVE-2026-116747","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-116747","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:39:40.661Z","title":"Kener 3.0.0 before 4.1.10 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge session tokens by using the hardcoded DUMMY_SECRET fallback key.","description":"Kener 3.0.0 before 4.1.10 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge session tokens by using the hardcoded DUMMY_SECRET fallback key. When KENER_SECRET_KEY is empty or unset, attackers knowing an administrator email can sign a kener-user cookie to access /manage/api with full administrative privileges or forge password-reset tokens.","published":"2026-10-26T22:16:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-27T16:04:23.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.2,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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-321"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00623,"percentile":0.49649,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-27","score":0.00623,"percentile":0.49649}]},"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 (0.62%). 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":"2026-10-26T22:16:59.000Z","detail":{"score":"9.2","severity":"CRITICAL","publishedAt":"2026-10-26T22:16:59.463Z"},"summary":"New CVE, critical severity (CVSS 9.2)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/rajnandan1/kener","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/rajnandan1/kener/blob/v4.1.9/src/lib/server/controllers/commonController.ts#L44-L55","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/rajnandan1/kener/commit/ff636483544c926eab5b5e3e26b811c0f52bcaf8","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/rajnandan1/kener/issues/871","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/rajnandan1/kener/releases/tag/v4.1.10","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kener-3.0.0-before-4.1.10-authentication-bypass-via-hardcoded-fallback-jwt-secret","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116747","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."}