CVE-2026-126802

HIGH 8.2

NextScan 1.1.0 through 1.2.0 Hardcoded Credentials in ns-admin Agent and External APIs

CVSS Score

8.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

NextScan 1.1.0 through 1.2.0 contains hardcoded HTTP Basic Auth credentials in ns-admin's AuthAgent and AuthExternal routers that allow unauthenticated attackers to access protected APIs. Attackers can call /agent/config to obtain Redis passwords, etcd details and the server token, and impersonate scan nodes via registration, heartbeat and logging endpoints.

CWE	CWE-798
Vendor	tongcheng-security-team
Product	nextscan
Published	Nov 11, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Affected Versions

tongcheng-security-team / NextScan

1.1.0 ≤ 1.2.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/tongcheng-security-team/NextScan/issues/50 hub.docker.com: https://hub.docker.com/r/lysec/ns-admin vul.yulun.ac.cn: https://vul.yulun.ac.cn/20261107/nextscan/ vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nextscan-1.1.0-through-1.2.0-hardcoded-credentials-in-ns-admin-agent-and-external-apis

Credits

Wu Yulun