# CVE-2026-55445 — whyour qinglong

> As of 2026-07-15, CVE-2026-55445 is a Critical-severity (band derived from the CVSS v4.0 score, not stated by the CNA) vulnerability in whyour qinglong, CVSS v4.0 9.3, EPSS 0.4% (32.6th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-55445 as of 2026-07-15; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-07-15

## What is CVE-2026-55445?

Qinglong is a timed task management platform supporting Python3, JavaScript, Shell, and Typescript. Prior to 2.20.1, the init guard middleware in back/loaders/express.ts checks /api/user/init but not /open/user/init, while rewrite('/open/*', '/api/$1') rewrites the whitelisted /open/* path after JWT authentication and the guard have passed; an unauthenticated attacker can send PUT /open/user/init to reset administrator credentials on an initialized instance. This issue is fixed in 2.20.1.

The record classifies CVE-2026-55445 under weakness class [CWE-287](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-287). 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 82 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v4.0 base score:** 9.3 — Critical (derived from score) (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.6% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-07-15

## Is CVE-2026-55445 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 38 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **whyour**: qinglong

## How to fix CVE-2026-55445

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-55445 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-55445

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-55445, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-07-16. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com](https://github.com/whyour/qinglong/security/advisories/GHSA-v667-gc2r-2xm7)

**Other references**

- [github.com](https://github.com/whyour/qinglong/pull/2941)
- [github.com (6bec52dca158481258315ba0fc2f11206df7b719)](https://github.com/whyour/qinglong/commit/6bec52dca158481258315ba0fc2f11206df7b719)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-55445
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-55445 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp