CVE-2026-73519

critical

Description

WolfStack before 25.9.2 contains a hard-coded cluster-authentication secret compiled into every build and published as a constant in src/auth/mod.rs, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication by supplying this value in the X-WolfStack-Secret header to the require_auth() gate without any session, API key, or user account. Attackers can reach an affected node's management port to enumerate all Docker and LXC containers on the host and execute arbitrary commands as root inside any container via the POST /api/containers/{runtime}/{id}/exec endpoint.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wolfstack-hard-coded-secret-authentication-bypass-via-x-wolfstack-secret

https://github.com/wolfsoftwaresystemsltd/WolfStack/security/advisories/GHSA-r3mw-2wmq-j6jg

https://github.com/wolfsoftwaresystemsltd/WolfStack/releases?page=7#release-v25.9.2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-12

Updated: 2026-08-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: Critical