CVE-2026-111612
Description
A flaw was found in netdisk-fast-download. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit an information disclosure vulnerability by querying an exposed application programming interface (API) endpoint and decrypting data encrypted with a hard-coded key. This allows the attacker to retrieve sensitive credentials, such as cloud storage session cookies, access tokens, and passwords belonging to other users.
Statement
This vulnerability is rated as Important because unauthenticated remote actors can extract and decrypt confidential authentication tokens without privileges, resulting in significant credential exposure. An Important rating is justified over Moderate because exploitation is remotely accessible with zero interaction, permitting arbitrary access to stored third-party cloud tokens. Red Hat enterprise products do not distribute or support netdisk-fast-download, leaving default Red Hat environments unaffected.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
If hard-coded passwords are used, it is almost certain that malicious users will gain access to the account in question. Any user of the product that hard-codes passwords may be able to extract the password. Client-side systems with hard-coded passwords pose even more of a threat, since the extraction of a password from a binary is usually very simple.
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability,Access Control,Other
Technical Impact: Read Application Data; Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Other
This weakness can lead to the exposure of resources or functionality to unintended actors, possibly providing attackers with sensitive information or even execute arbitrary code. If the password is ever discovered or published (a common occurrence on the Internet), then anybody with knowledge of this password can access the product. Finally, since all installations of the product will have the same password, even across different organizations, this enables massive attacks such as worms to take place.
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