CVE-2026-55454
CRITICALAppsmith: Caddy admin API exposed without authentication
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
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https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/security/advisories/GHSA-8jvv-gwqg-6vjc
Scores
CVSS v3
9.9
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
31.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-1188
CWE-749
Status
published
Products (2)
appsmith/appsmith
< 2.1
appsmithorg/appsmith
< 2.1
Published
Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 25, 2026