OpenBMB StaffDeck Authentication Bypass via Hard-Coded Session Secret
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-321.
Summary
OpenBMB StaffDeck through 0.5.6 uses a hard-coded default app_secret to sign session tokens. An unauthenticated remote attacker can forge an HMAC-SHA256 token for the seeded admin user in tenant_demo and gain full tenant administration, including stored model and channel credentials. The flaw is classified as CWE-321 (use of a hard-coded cryptographic key).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
OpenBMB StaffDeck through 0.5.6 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator session tokens using the hard-coded default app_secret. Attackers can sign an HMAC-SHA256 token for the seeded 'admin' user in 'tenant_demo' to gain full tenant administration, including stored model and channel credentials.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for StaffDeck.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111636
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-m82j-2j7c-gx6q
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More OpenBMB vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-50949 XAgent Path Traversal Arbitrary File Read via /workspace/file CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-41884 OpenBMB ChatDev - Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Upload Handler Allows Arbitrary File Write and Delete CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-01867 OpenBMB XAgent Privileged Mode sandbox CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-85970 Code injection in OpenBMB Internet of Agents Code Executor Tool CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-04320 OpenBMB XAgent ShareServer WebSocket Endpoint share.py check_user missing authentication CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-03418 OpenBMB XAgent workspace.py workspace path traversal CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-111636 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111636 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m82j-2j7c-gx6q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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