Critical severity · published Sep 27, 2026
CVE-2026-101065
Obot Quickstart Docker Deployment Unauthenticated Admin Access
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Obot is an open-source AI agent/MCP platform. In all versions up to and including commit d7e6970, the Docker quickstart command documented in the README starts the container listening on 0.0.0.0:8080 with authentication disabled by default. When authentication is disabled, every request is mapped to a synthetic "nobody" user that holds the Owner and Admin roles, so any unauthenticated party who can reach the exposed port obtains full administrative access to the Obot API and UI, including the ability to register and launch attacker-controlled MCP servers. Because the quickstart also mounts /var/run/docker.sock into the container, the MCP runtime backend reachable this way has access to the host's Docker control surface. The fix is documentation-only: the quickstart now enables authentication, and operators who followed the previous instructions should set OBOT_SERVER_ENABLE_AUTHENTICATION=true before exposing the host to any untrusted network.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OB
obot · obot-platform
0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101065
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-101065
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/obot-platform/obot/security/advisories/GHSA-jj4w-pfgv-4mrm
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/obot-quickstart-docker-deployment-unauthenticated-admin-access
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