Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-120442
xianhc ape-volo-admin
ape-volo-admin before 3.6.1 Hardcoded JWT Signing Key Authentication Bypass
CVSS 4.0
9.3Critical
Official 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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3Critical | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) | 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 |
| 9.8Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| xianhc | ape-volo-admin | v < 3.6.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
8- https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/issues/36 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/commit/938f7ec58047f0c63123dc155d6a033910f00933 patch
- https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/releases/tag/V3.6.1 release-notes
- https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Api/appsettings.json#L4-L10 technical-description
- https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Infrastructure/Extensions/AuthorizationExtensions.cs#L50-L60 technical-description
- https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Infrastructure/Authentication/PermissionHandler.cs#L130-L172 technical-description
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/ape-volo-admin-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-token-forgery technical-description
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ape-volo-admin-before-3.6.1-hardcoded-jwt-signing-key-authentication-bypass third-party-advisory
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Details
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- Last updated
- 2026-11-06
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- VulnCheck
- Kolun priority
- 33 · Low
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.7%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
77.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
- 2026-11-061.7%
- 2026-11-030.48%
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-1394Use of Default Cryptographic Key