# CVE-2026-58482: Network-AI: ApprovalInbox HTTP server has no authentication — anyone can approve pending agent actions

- Also known as: GHSA-MXJX-28VX-XJJJ
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.12.2
- Published: 2026-07-20 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- Jovancoding Network-AI: from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.12.2
- network-ai (npm): from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.12.2

## Description

Network-AI, a TypeScript/Node.js multi-agent orchestrator, has a shipped, exported, documented feature called `ApprovalInbox` (`lib/approval-inbox.ts`). It is the network surface of the human-in-the-loop Approval Gate, which `ApprovalGate` uses to require explicit human approval for high-risk operations. The HTTP server it exposes has no authentication of any kind and sets `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` on every route, including the state-changing `POST /approvals/:id/approve` and `/deny`. As a result, in versions 5.0.0 through 5.12.1, any party who can send an HTTP request to the inbox port — a co-located process, a container/SSRF on the same host, a remote client when the operator binds a non-loopback address, or any website the operator visits in a browser (via the wildcard CORS) — can enumerate pending approvals and approve them, defeating the entire human-in-the-loop control and causing the gated high-risk action (e.g. a shell command the agent was holding for review) to execute without consent. This issue is fixed in v5.12.2. `ApprovalInbox` now accepts a `secret` option. When set, the mutating endpoints `POST /:id/approve` and `POST /:id/deny` require an `Authorization: Bearer <secret>` header, validated in constant time with `crypto.timingSafeEqual`. `startServer()` already binds to `127.0.0.1` by default; operators exposing the inbox on a network must set a secret.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jovancoding Network-AI, network-ai, upgrade to a fixed version (5.12.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/security/advisories/GHSA-mxjx-28vx-xjjj
- https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/commit/a59c13a1f0ce0e8a0779a90343eef92fac5ab4c3
- https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/releases/tag/v5.12.2

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