CVE-2026-111998 Vanus 0.8.0 through 0.9.0 Default Admin Credentials via Gateway
Unauthenticated attackers can use hardcoded admin tokens to gain full cluster-admin access, manage resources, and read or publish events in Vanus.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-111998?
CVE-2026-111998 is a critical vulnerability in vanus-labs vanus, published on 18 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-1392
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111998?
How do I fix CVE-2026-111998?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-111998 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-111998 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-111998 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7rhh-2jm2-9fgj.