CVE-2026-120442

ape-volo-admin before 3.6.1 Hardcoded JWT Signing Key Authentication Bypass

Published Nov 2, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
ape-volo-admin before 3.6.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens using a hardcoded JWT signing key in appsettings.json. Attackers can sign tokens offline with the jti claim set to the seeded administrator id to gain full API control over users, roles, permissions and data.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description ape-volo-admin before 3.6.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens using a hardcoded JWT signing key in appsettings.json. Attackers can sign tokens offline with the jti claim set to the seeded administrator id to gain full API control over users, roles, permissions and data.
Title ape-volo-admin before 3.6.1 Hardcoded JWT Signing Key Authentication Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-1394
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Nov 5, 2026, 9:39 PM
Reserved
Nov 2, 2026, 12:42 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 2, 2026, 3:17 PM
Modified
Nov 5, 2026, 10:17 PM