๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-111998

CRITICAL 9.8

Vanus 0.8.0 through 0.9.0 Default Admin Credentials via Gateway

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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 gRPC proxy port to manage namespaces, eventbuses, users, tokens, and role bindings, and read or publish events.

CWE CWE-1392
Vendor vanus-labs
Product vanus
Published Oct 18, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

vanus-labs / vanus
0.8.0 โ‰ค 0.9.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/issues/647 github.com: https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/blob/v0.9.0/internal/controller/tenant/controller.go#L449-L500 github.com: https://github.com/vanus-labs/vanus/blob/v0.9.0/internal/primitive/constants.go#L37 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vanus-0.8.0-through-0.9.0-default-admin-credentials-via-gateway

Credits

MJ DHURGESH