GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-6xp5-7rcx-xfgx Homer: Hardcoded Default Admin Password 'sipcapture' With No Forced Change on First Login
CRITICAL
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- 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.
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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
- https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/security/advisories/GHSA-6xp5-7rcx-xfgx web
- https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/pull/838 web
- https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/commit/b2e942031ff8cd7435a244ebef306ee97d16b809 web
- https://github.com/sipcapture/homer package
- https://github.com/sipcapture/homer/releases/tag/11.0.283 web