CVE-2026-56262

Crawl4AI before 0.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the monitor router endpoints that allows unauthenticated attackers to access destructive operations. Remote attackers can invoke the /monitor/actions/cleanup endpoint and manipulate monitoring state without authentication, causing service disruption.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai	Product
https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-365w-hqf6-vxfg	Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-unauthenticated-access-to-monitor-endpoints-via-docker-api-server	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kidocode:crawl4ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-24 13:16

Updated : 2026-06-26 02:00

NVD link : CVE-2026-56262

Mitre link : CVE-2026-56262

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-56262

JSON object : View

Products Affected

kidocode

crawl4ai

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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