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CVE-2026-5000 — A vulnerability was detected in PromtEngineer localGPT up to 4d41c7d1713b16b216d8e062e51a5dd88b20b054

High CVSS 7.5

A vulnerability was detected in PromtEngineer localGPT up to 4d41c7d1713b16b216d8e062e51a5dd88b20b054. Impacted is the function LocalGPTHandler of the file backend/server.py of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument BaseHTTPRequestHandler results in missing authentication. The attack can be executed remotely. This product implements a rolling release for ongoing delivery, which means version information for affected or updated releases is unavailable. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (2.0)
Published
2026-03-28
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-287, CWE-306

Affected products

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Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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