# CVE-2026-56265: Crawl4AI - Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Signing Key

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-798, GHSA-365W-HQF6-VXFG, GHSA-53RG-46CM-4G2V, GHSA-8QRG-7J2F-RF2H, GHSA-F23G-2F38-GG94, GHSA-G2PV-76HM-J4X9, GHSA-R9HW-78Q5-478G, GHSA-XRFJ-6M49-WFMM, PYSEC-2026-229, PYSEC-2026-230, PYSEC-2026-239, PYSEC-2026-3443, PYSEC-2026-3449, PYSEC-2026-596
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 0.8.7
- Published: 2026-06-21 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- Crawl4AI: fixed in 0.8.7
- crawl4ai (PyPI): fixed in 0.8.7

## Description

Crawl4AI before 0.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to a hardcoded default JWT signing key in the Docker API server. Attackers who know the default key can forge valid authentication tokens for any user, bypassing authentication and gaining full access to protected functionality.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Crawl4AI, crawl4ai, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.7) per the references below.
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- [CVE-2026-56262](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-56262.md)
- [CVE-2026-56263](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-56263.md)
- [CVE-2026-56264](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-56264.md)
- [CVE-2026-56266](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-56266.md)
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## References

- https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg
- https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-authentication-bypass-via-hardcoded-jwt-signing-key
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-56265.yaml

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