{
  "id": "CVE-2026-120442",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2026-120442",
  "published": "2026-11-02T15:17:26.490Z",
  "modified": "2026-11-02T19:35:33.347Z",
  "score": 9.3,
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss_version": "4.0",
  "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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
  "score_source": "vulncheck.com",
  "epss": null,
  "epss_percentile": null,
  "exploited": false,
  "kev": null,
  "ssvc_exploitation": null,
  "vendors": [
    "xianhc"
  ],
  "products": [
    "xianhc ape-volo-admin"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-1394"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Deferred",
  "score_type": "Secondary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": 9.3,
    "cvss_v31": 9.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Api/appsettings.json#L4-L10",
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Infrastructure/Authentication/PermissionHandler.cs#L130-L172",
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Infrastructure/Extensions/AuthorizationExtensions.cs#L50-L60",
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/commit/938f7ec58047f0c63123dc155d6a033910f00933",
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/issues/36",
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/releases/tag/V3.6.1",
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "url": "https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/ape-volo-admin-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-token-forgery",
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ape-volo-admin-before-3.6.1-hardcoded-jwt-signing-key-authentication-bypass",
      "tags": []
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120442",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}