Hardcoded admin credentials in Songloft embedded backend
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
Songloft 2.9.0 before 2.13.6 contains hardcoded credentials (CWE-798) that fix the administrator account to the admin/admin pair. An adjacent network attacker can log in through the login endpoint without privileges or user interaction. The attacker can then change library and configuration settings and install JavaScript plugins that run in QuickJS.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Description from the CNA
Songloft 2.9.0 before 2.13.6 contains a hardcoded credentials vulnerability that allows adjacent network attackers to authenticate as administrator using the fixed admin/admin pair. Attackers on the same network can log in via the /api/v1/auth/login endpoint to modify library and configuration settings and install JavaScript plugins running in QuickJS.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| songloft-org | songloft | 2.9.0 to before 2.13.6 | 2.13.6 | Patch available | CNA |
- songloft Vendorsongloft-org Affected 2.9.0 to before 2.13.6 Fixed in 2.13.6 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Songloft to version 2.13.6, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
- Fix · CNA songloft (songloft-org) Fixed in 2.13.6
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119662
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-642p-47qh-4hhp
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-119662 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119662 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-642p-47qh-4hhp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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