Missing Authentication for Critical Function
CVE-2026-44211
Summary
The `kanban` npm package (used by the `cline` CLI) starts a WebSocket server on `127.0.0.1:3484` with no Origin header validation. Any website a developer visits can silently connect to the kanban server via WebSocket and:
- LOW
- NETWORK
- HIGH
- CHANGED
- REQUIRED
- NONE
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.
References
Advisory Timeline
- Published