CVE-2026-5000 is a remotely exploitable missing-authentication vulnerability in PromtEngineer localGPT, affecting builds up to commit 4d41c7d1713b16b216d8e062e51a5dd88b20b054. The issue is reported in the API endpoint implementation, specifically the LocalGPTHandler function/class in backend/server.py. According to the provided description, manipulation involving the BaseHTTPRequestHandler argument results in the endpoint being accessible without proper authentication checks. Because the product uses a rolling-release model, precise affected version numbers beyond the referenced commit are not available from the provided information.
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