CVE-2026-55579

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55579
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-55579.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-55579
Aliases
Published
2026-07-27T17:54:45Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:32Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Pheditor: Hardcoded default password 'admin' with no forced change enables full application compromise
Details

Pheditor is a single-file editor and file manager written in PHP. From version 2.0.1 to before version 2.0.6, Pheditor ships with a hardcoded default password admin (SHA-512 hash stored at pheditor.php:11). There is no mechanism to force a password change on first login. Any deployment using the default credentials grants an attacker full access to the file editor, file upload, and terminal features, enabling arbitrary file read/write and remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.6.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-798"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/55xxx/CVE-2026-55579.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/pheditor/pheditor

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/pheditor/pheditor
Events
Introduced
44378852dbc5fe07893a09f2b59648fadbed1ce1
Fixed
a64eb935ce699e43f1ea60e46d47f33e2f87ffd6
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.0.1"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.0.6"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "DESCRIPTION",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.0.5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-55579.json"