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GHSA-V9VW-CCQP-Q298

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-17 21:31 – Updated: 2026-08-17 21:31

Details

MemOS is a memory operating system for LLMs and AI agents. In deployments where authentication is enabled (AUTH_ENABLED=true) but the undocumented, defaultless INTERNAL_SERVICE_SECRET environment variable is unset, the is_internal_request() check in src/memos/api/middleware/auth.py fails open: os.getenv("INTERNAL_SERVICE_SECRET") returns None and a request omitting the X-Internal-Service header also yields None, so the comparison None == None evaluates true. The request is then treated as a trusted internal principal and granted scopes: ["all"]. As a result, an unauthenticated remote attacker can reach the admin API-key management endpoints to mint API keys for any user, enumerate keys, revoke keys, and generate a master key for persistent privileged access, as well as all data endpoints.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-75110 (GCVE-0-2026-75110)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-17 20:36 – Updated: 2026-08-18 12:51

Title

MemOS Authentication Bypass via Unset INTERNAL_SERVICE_SECRET

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-18 12:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-697 - Incorrect Comparison

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/MemTensor/MemOS/issues/2259	issue-tracking
https://github.com/MemTensor/MemOS	product
https://github.com/MemTensor/MemOS/blob/main/src/…	technical-description
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/memos-authen…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
MemTensor	MemOS	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0.30 (custom)

Date Public

2026-08-16 00:00

Credits

George Chen

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