High severity · published Jul 20, 2026
CVE-2026-46701
Network-AI: Unauthenticated Cross-Origin MCP Tool Invocation via Empty Default Secret
7.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Network-AI is a TypeScript/Node.js multi-agent orchestrator. Prior to version 5.4.5, the MCP SSE server defaults to an empty secret (`process.env['NETWORK_AI_MCP_SECRET'] ?? ''` at `bin/mcp-server.ts:89`), which causes `_isAuthorized` (`lib/mcp-transport-sse.ts:254`) to return `true` unconditionally for every request — no `Authorization` header is required. Simultaneously, `_handleRequest` sets `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` (`lib/mcp-transport-sse.ts:272`) on every response, so a cross-origin browser fetch can read the result without restriction. An unauthenticated attacker who can lure a user to a malicious web page can invoke all 22 exposed MCP tools — including `config_set`, `agent_spawn`, and `blackboard_write` — against a default-configured localhost server. Version 5.4.5 patches the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Network-AI · Jovancoding
< 5.4.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46701
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46701
Patch
https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/commit/dc5048112283f3f4eb6c06dd2bf5aa93ef9339be
Patch
https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/releases/tag/v5.4.5
Exploit
https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/security/advisories/GHSA-j3vx-cx2r-pvg8
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