CVE-2026-120442
xianhc ape-volo-admin
Published 2 Nov 2026 · updated 2 Nov 2026 · Deferred
9.3 Critical · CVSS 4.0, vulncheck.com
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.
References
- github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Api/appsettings.json#L4-L10
- github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Infrastructure/Authentication/PermissionHandler.cs#L130-L172
- github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Infrastructure/Extensions/AuthorizationExtensions.cs#L50-L60
- github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/commit/938f7ec58047f0c63123dc155d6a033910f00933
- github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/issues/36
- github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/releases/tag/V3.6.1
- hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/ape-volo-admin-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-token-forgery
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ape-volo-admin-before-3.6.1-hardcoded-jwt-signing-key-authentication-bypass