{"id":"CVE-2026-58482","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Network-AI: ApprovalInbox HTTP server has no authentication — anyone can approve pending agent actions","description":"Network-AI, a TypeScript/Node.js multi-agent orchestrator, has a shipped, exported, documented feature called `ApprovalInbox` (`lib/approval-inbox.ts`). It is the network surface of the human-in-the-loop Approval Gate, which `ApprovalGate` uses to require explicit human approval for high-risk operations. The HTTP server it exposes has no authentication of any kind and sets `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` on every route, including the state-changing `POST /approvals/:id/approve` and `/deny`. As a result, in versions 5.0.0 through 5.12.1, any party who can send an HTTP request to the inbox port — a co-located process, a container/SSRF on the same host, a remote client when the operator binds a non-loopback address, or any website the operator visits in a browser (via the wildcard CORS) — can enumerate pending approvals and approve them, defeating the entire human-in-the-loop control and causing the gated high-risk action (e.g. a shell command the agent was holding for review) to execute without consent. This issue is fixed in v5.12.2. `ApprovalInbox` now accepts a `secret` option. When set, the mutating endpoints `POST /:id/approve` and `POST /:id/deny` require an `Authorization: Bearer <secret>` header, validated in constant time with `crypto.timingSafeEqual`. `startServer()` already binds to `127.0.0.1` by default; operators exposing the inbox on a network must set a secret.","publishedAt":"2026-07-20T16:38:55.576Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-20T17:33:23.241Z","severity":{"score":5.9,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["Jovancoding Network-AI"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Jovancoding","product":"Network-AI","versions":[{"version":">= 5.0.0, < 5.12.2","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/security/advisories/GHSA-mxjx-28vx-xjjj","https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/commit/a59c13a1f0ce0e8a0779a90343eef92fac5ab4c3","https://github.com/Jovancoding/Network-AI/releases/tag/v5.12.2"],"weaknesses":["CWE-352","CWE-862"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:24.861Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/58xxx/CVE-2026-58482.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-58482","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-07-20T16:38:55.576Z","dateUpdated":"2026-07-20T17:33:23.241Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2026-06-30T20:21:25.811Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Network-AI: ApprovalInbox HTTP server has no authentication — anyone can approve pending agent actions","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Network-AI, a TypeScript/Node.js multi-agent orchestrator, has a shipped, exported, documented feature called `ApprovalInbox` (`lib/approval-inbox.ts`). 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