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CVE-2026-42072: Nornicdb: Improper Network Binding in NornicDB Bolt Server allows unauthorized remote access

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-08 · updated 2026-10-26
• Weakness: CWE-1392

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.

Affected products

• orneryd NornicDB: before 1.0.42-hotfix

References

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

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