CVE-2026-42072 | Nornicdb is a distributed low-latency, Graph+Vector, Tempora… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

Nornicdb is a distributed low-latency, Graph+Vector, Temporal MVCC with all sub-ms HNSW search, graph traversal, and writes. Prior to version 1.0.42-hotfix, the --address CLI flag (and NORNICDB_ADDRESS / server.host config key) is plumbed through to the HTTP server correctly but never reaches the Bolt server config. The Bolt listener therefore always binds to the wildcard address (all interfaces), regardless of what the user configures. On a LAN, this exposes the graph database — with its default admin:password credentials — to any device sharing the network. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.42-hotfix.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-42072
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2026-04-23 19:17 UTC
Published: 2026-05-08 15:59 UTC
Last updated: 2026-05-12 02:04 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-1392
CWE-1392: Use of Default Credentials
Vendor / Product: orneryd / NornicDB
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
orneryd	NornicDB	—	< 1.0.42-hotfix

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-1392	cna	CWE-1392: Use of Default Credentials

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (3)

https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/security/advisories/GHSA-2hp7-65r3-wv54 https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/security/advisories/GHSA-2hp7-65r3-wv54
https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/commit/adce4f9a9fc7b6aada07c0bfa2d737cd7a6efaca https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/commit/adce4f9a9fc7b6aada07c0bfa2d737cd7a6efaca
https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/releases/tag/v1.0.42 https://github.com/orneryd/NornicDB/releases/tag/v1.0.42