CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-55196
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-06-17
- Last modified
- 2026-09-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Description
Hermes WebUI before 0.51.409 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in passkey registration endpoints that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to register arbitrary passkeys. When HERMES_WEBUI_PASSKEY=1 is enabled with no existing credentials, POST /api/auth/passkey/register/options and POST /api/auth/passkey/register endpoints are accessible without authentication, allowing attackers to claim the first passkey and gain permanent administrative control.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
References
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/commit/4d90577e25d5537cb07290eca3fb8abff3bab316 github.com
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/4171 github.com
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/pull/4267 github.com
- https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui/releases/tag/v0.51.442 github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hermes-webui-unauthenticated-passkey-registration-via-authentication-bypass www.vulncheck.com