---
id: "CVE-2026-111696"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-111696"]
title: "data-platform-open: hardcoded AES key exposes stored datasource database passwords"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.1
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["data-platform-open", "database-credentials", "datasource", "package", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["custom-encryption-key", "newer-commit"]
published_at: "2026-10-16T18:17:53+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:36:30+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111696", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00"}]
---

# data-platform-open: hardcoded AES key exposes stored datasource database passwords

data-platform-open encrypts stored datasource passwords with a hardcoded, publicly known default AES key in AesPasswordEncAndDecServiceImpl. An authenticated attacker who reads ciphertext from the datasource detail API, including through a cross-workspace IDOR, can decrypt it offline and recover plaintext database credentials.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- unknown

## Fix

- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111696

## From the sources

data-platform-open through commit efeacd3 uses a hardcoded, publicly known default AES key in AesPasswordEncAndDecServiceImpl, allowing authenticated attackers to decrypt stored datasource passwords. Attackers can obtain ciphertext passwords from the datasource detail API, for example via cross-workspace IDOR, and decrypt them offline to recover plaintext database credentials.

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_Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai_