CVE-2026-119597 PUBLISHED

OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 contains a hard-coded JWT signing key vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens using the publicly known Jwt:SecretKey in appsettings.json. Attackers can mint HS256 bearer tokens with an Admin role claim to access /api/admin endpoints and control users, roles, repositories, settings, and API keys.

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• https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/commit/1bf0f4b5ef8d972ca640e5df145b5813a9492544
• https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403
• 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/Program.cs#L92
• https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgery
• https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki
• VulnCheck Advisory: OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 Hard-coded JWT Signing Key Admin Token Forgery

• Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key CWE