CVE-2026-55454
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CVE-2026-55454 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.9/10 on the CVSS scale. Appsmith is a platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Prior to 2.1, the bundled Caddy reverse-proxy's admin API — which has no authentication by default — is bound on 0.0.0.0:2019 inside the container. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Appsmith is a platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Prior to 2.1, the bundled Caddy reverse-proxy's admin API — which has no authentication by default — is bound on 0.0.0.0:2019 inside the container. While this listener is not directly published to the host by docker-compose.yml, it is reachable from the Appsmith server process itself or a SSRF vulnerability. An authenticated low-privileged user can therefore drive the SSRF to issue POST /load (or any other admin-API call) against http://0.0.0.0:2019/, fully replacing the live Caddy configuration and taking over the reverse proxy. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Appsmith | Appsmith | < 2.1 |
References
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/security/advisories/GHSA-8jvv-gwqg-6vjcExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/security/advisories/GHSA-8jvv-gwqg-6vjcExploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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