# CVE-2026-26218: newbee-mall Default Seeded Administrator Credentials Allow Account Takeover

> Attackers can take over administrator accounts in newbee-mall if default seeded credentials are not changed after database initialization.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3qgp-4ccx-9wvf

## What is CVE-2026-26218?

CVE-2026-26218 is a critical vulnerability in newbee-ltd newbee-mall, published on 12 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

newbee-mall includes pre-seeded administrator accounts in its database initialization script. These accounts are provisioned with a predictable default password. Deployments that initialize or reset the database using the provided schema and fail to change the default administrative credentials may allow unauthenticated attackers to log in as an administrator and gain full administrative control of the application.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-26218?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Newbee-Mall Project Newbee-Mall.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-26218?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-26218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-26218 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-26218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in newbee-ltd newbee-mall

- [CVE-2022-27477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27477/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-23448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23448/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-19113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19113/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-26219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26219/): newbee-mall Unsalted MD5 Password Hashing Enables Offline Credential Cracking (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-48178](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48178/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-26218 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-26218 is a critical vulnerability in newbee-ltd newbee-mall, published on 12 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-26218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: newbee-ltd newbee-mall. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26218/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26218
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26218
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26218

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26218/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.