---
title: "CVE-2026-119597: OpenDeepWiki - Authentication Bypass"
description: "OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 contains a hardcoded credentials vulnerability caused by a publicly known JWT signing key in appsettings.json, letting unauthenticated attackers forge admin tokens to access sensitive admin endpoints, exploit requires no authentication."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-119597/
---

# CVE-2026-119597 OpenDeepWiki - Authentication Bypass

OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 contains a hardcoded credentials vulnerability caused by a publicly known JWT signing key in appsettings.json, letting unauthenticated attackers forge admin tokens to access sensitive admin endpoints, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.37% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119597)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

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

Published

30 October 2026

Updated

1 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-321](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/321.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version that changes the hardcoded JWT signing key.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119597](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119597)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opendeepwiki-through-2.0.6-hard-coded-jwt-signing-key-admin-token-forgery](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opendeepwiki-through-2.0.6-hard-coded-jwt-signing-key-admin-token-forgery)
- [https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki](https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki)
- [https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/Program.cs#L92](https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/Program.cs#L92)
- [https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/appsettings.json#L27](https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/appsettings.json#L27)
- [https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/commit/1bf0f4b5ef8d972ca640e5df145b5813a9492544](https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/commit/1bf0f4b5ef8d972ca640e5df145b5813a9492544)
- [https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403](https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403)
- [https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgery](https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgery)

[← All CVEs](https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/)

## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

Panop answers these inside your environment, for this CVE and every other finding.

[Book a demo](https://panop.io/demo)