CVE-2026-56259

HIGHPre-NVD 8.28.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-12. the CNA's CVSS baseline 8.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:vulncheck, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.2
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.2Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Crawl4AI before 0.8.8 contains credential exfiltration vulnerabilities in the Docker API server that allow attackers to redirect LLM API calls to attacker-controlled endpoints and read arbitrary environment variables. Attackers can exploit the unauthenticated /md, /llm, and /llm/job endpoints by supplying a malicious base_url parameter and setting api_token to env:VARIABLE_NAME to exfiltrate provider API keys and server secrets including JWT SECRET_KEY for authentication bypass.

CVSS v3
8.2
EG Score
8.2(high)
EG Risk
52(Track)
EG Risk 52/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity82% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
17.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 12, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 12, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

Crawl4AI - LLM Credential Exfiltration via base_url and Environment Variable Resolution | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crawl4ai-llm-credential-exfiltration-via-base-url-and-environment-variable-resolution
github Patch Available

LLM credential exfiltration in Docker server via request base_url and env: token resolution · Advisory · unclecode/crawl4ai · GitHub

https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-f989-c77f-r2cq

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56259(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
crawl4ai0.3.0 ... 0.8.7 (65 versions)0.8.8—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-17 03:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-16 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-16 04:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-15 17:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-15 06:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-14 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-14 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-13 21:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-13 10:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-12 23:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-12 12:13 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-12 12:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56259?
CVE-2026-56259 is a high vulnerability published on July 12, 2026. Crawl4AI before 0.8.8 contains credential exfiltration vulnerabilities in the Docker API server that allow attackers to redirect LLM API calls to attacker-controlled endpoints and read arbitrary environment variables. Attackers can exploit the unauthenticated /md, /llm, and /llm/job endpoints by…
When was CVE-2026-56259 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56259 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 12, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56259 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56259 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 17.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56259?
CVE-2026-56259 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 8.2 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56259?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56259, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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