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.
Published: 2026-11-02
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Xianhc
Xianhc ape-volo-admin
Vendors & Products Xianhc
Xianhc ape-volo-admin

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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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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Xianhc Ape-volo-admin
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-05T21:39:20.223Z

Reserved: 2026-11-02T12:42:16.749Z

Link: CVE-2026-120442

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-05T21:39:13.260Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-02T15:17:26.490

Modified: 2026-11-05T22:17:54.267

Link: CVE-2026-120442

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-06T15:30:06Z

Weaknesses