---
id: CVE-2026-119597
title: OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 Hard-coded JWT Signing Key Admin Token Forgery
summary: >-
  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
  beare…
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-321
vendor: AIDotNet
product: OpenDeepWiki
affected:
  - OpenDeepWiki <= 2.0.6
published: '2026-10-30'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T13:18:17.101Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119597'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/commit/1bf0f4b5ef8d972ca640e5df145b5813a9492544
  - url: 'https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/issues/403'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/appsettings.json#L27
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki/blob/v2.0.6/src/OpenDeepWiki/Program.cs#L92
  - url: >-
      https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/opendeepwiki-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-forgery
  - url: 'https://github.com/AIDotNet/OpenDeepWiki'
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opendeepwiki-through-2.0.6-hard-coded-jwt-signing-key-admin-token-forgery
    label: >-
      VulnCheck Advisory: OpenDeepWiki through 2.0.6 Hard-coded JWT Signing Key
      Admin Token Forgery
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00371
epssPercentile: 0.31198
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T16:07:30.242Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `OpenDeepWiki <= 2.0.6`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.