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GHSA-6xp5-7rcx-xfgx Homer: Hardcoded Default Admin Password 'sipcapture' With No Forced Change on First Login

CRITICAL Published 2026-10-07 Modified 2026-10-07 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-62252
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/sipcapture/homer-app
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-798
Reviewed
2026-10-07

Affected packages

• Go github.com/sipcapture/homer-app: < 0.0.0-20260625091610-b2e942031ff8 → fixed in 0.0.0-20260625091610-b2e942031ff8

Description

Summary On every fresh Homer deployment using internal authentication, the bootstrap process automatically creates an `admin` account with the password `sipcapture` (stored as a legacy SHA-256 hex hash). There is no first-login forced-change mechanism. Any attacker who reaches the login endpoint immediately gains full administrative access. Details `config/config.go` lines 858-861: ```go // DefaultInternalAuthPasswordHash is the SHA-256 hex digest of the default // bootstrap password (cleartext: sipcapture). const DefaultInternalAuthPasswordHash = "883ffc1f37fd0fe542b0fb9740035c4383e7d976c411161d24e62edace280f90" ``` `coordinator/services/auth_bootstrap.go` lines 20-71: `EnsureBootstrapAdminUser()` runs at startup. If no admin user exists, it inserts a row with `username=admin`, `password_hash=DefaultInternalAuthPasswordHash`. No `force_change`, no `first_login` flag, no expiry is set. `coordinator/services/auth_bootstrap_test.go` line 114 confirms the plaintext: ```go u, err := svc.Authenticate(ctx, "admin", "sipcapture") ``` `passwordhash/password.go` lines 36-45: Legacy SHA-256 hex hashes are accepted via `legacySHA256HexEqual`, so the default credential is functional on any deployment. PoC ```bash Authenticate with default credentials — works on any fresh Homer deployment curl -s -X POST http:///api/v3/auth \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"username":"admin","password":"sipcapture"}' Response: {"token":"","data":{"userGroup":"admin"}} Use the token to access all admin functionality curl -H "Authorization: Bearer " http:///api/v3/users ``` Impact Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798). Any attacker who can reach a freshly deployed Homer instance gains immediate full administrative access using the publicly documented default password, with no lockout, rate limiting, or forced password change required. Fix Remove the hardcoded `DefaultInternalAuthPasswordHash` constant. Require operators to provide a hashed admin password in the configuration file. Alternatively, generate a random password on first startup, print it to stdout once, and immediately force a change on first login. If possible, please apply for a CVE number when posting.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-62252 Homer is open source telecom observability software. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness

References