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TI-2026-36083 Aliases CVE-2026-48814GHSA-r78r-rwrf-rjwp

Network-AI: Empty default secret still authorizes all requests (Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-46701)

Priority HIGH 78CWE-306Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-306.

Summary

Network-AI is a TypeScript/Node.js multi-agent orchestrator. In versions 5.7.1 and earlier, the MCP SSE server allows unauthenticated cross-origin MCP tool invocation due to an empty default secret. This issue was partially addressed by CVE-2026-46701 in version 5.4.5 by closing the CORS flaw (with Access-Control-Allow-Origin now set only for localhost origins), but the empty-default-secret flaw described in the title remained: the SSE MCP server still defaulted to an empty secret, _isAuthorized() still returned true when the secret was empty, and a non-loopback bind only produced a warning. As a result, the server still ran fully unauthenticated by default. Any non-browser caller (for example, curl, SSRF, or a 0.0.0.0 bind) could invoke all 22 MCP tools (config_set, agent_spawn, blackboard_write, token_*) with no credentials. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00445 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Network-AI (Jovancoding): 5.7.2network-ai (npm): 5.7.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JovancodingNetwork-AIbefore 5.7.25.7.2Patch availableCNA
—network-ai (npm)before 5.7.25.7.2Patch availableGHSA-r78r-rwrf-rjwp
  • Network-AI VendorJovancoding Affected before 5.7.2 Fixed in 5.7.2 Patch available CNA
  • network-ai (npm) Vendor— Affected before 5.7.2 Fixed in 5.7.2 Patch available GHSA-r78r-rwrf-rjwp

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:network-ai:network-ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Jovancoding
  • cpe:2.3:a:network-ai:network-ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Jovancoding

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Network-AI (Jovancoding) Fixed in 5.7.2
  • Fix · GHSA-r78r-rwrf-rjwp network-ai (npm) Fixed in 5.7.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48814
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r78r-rwrf-rjwp

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2026-46183 Network-AI 5.12.2 through 5.13.3 Missing Authorization via ApprovalInbox CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-83679 Path traversal in Network-AI sanitizer exposes files outside sandbox CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-46184 Network-AI before 5.13.4 Cryptographic Signature Verification Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-38985 Network-AI has an an OS Command Injection issue CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-83677 Path traversal in Network-AI FileJobStore lets attackers read or delete files CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-51699 Network-AI SandboxPolicy before 5.15.1 Blocklist Bypass via Quote Mismatch CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
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Sources

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