{"id":"CVE-2026-111998","title":"Vanus 0.8.0 through 0.9.0 Default Admin Credentials via Gateway","summary":"Vanus 0.8.0 through 0.9.0 contains a default credentials vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain cluster-admin access by using the hardcoded admin token. Attackers can send the fixed Bearer token to the gateway…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-1392"],"vendor":"vanus-labs","product":"vanus","affected":["vanus >= 0.8.0 <= 0.9.0"],"published":"2026-10-18","updated":"2026-10-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-18T11:38:24.388Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111998","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/issues/647"},{"url":"https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/blob/v0.9.0/internal/controller/tenant/controller.go#L449-L500"},{"url":"https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/blob/v0.9.0/internal/primitive/constants.go#L37"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vanus-0.8.0-through-0.9.0-default-admin-credentials-via-gateway","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: Vanus 0.8.0 through 0.9.0 Default Admin Credentials via Gateway"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T11:40:26.627Z","slug":"CVE-2026-111998","body":"## Overview\n\nVanus 0.8.0 through 0.9.0 contains a default credentials vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain cluster-admin access by using the hardcoded admin token. Attackers can send the fixed Bearer token to the gateway gRPC proxy port to manage namespaces, eventbuses, users, tokens, and role bindings, and read or publish events.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `vanus >= 0.8.0 <= 0.9.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}