CVE-2026-120442

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    CVE-2026-120442

    Published: 2 Nov 2026Last Modified: 7 Nov 2026

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

    Details: 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: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/120xxx/CVE-2026-120442.json, https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/releases/tag/V3.6.1, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120442, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ape-volo-admin-before-3.6.1-hardcoded-jwt-signing-key-authentication-bypass, https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/issues/36, https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/commit/938f7ec58047f0c63123dc155d6a033910f00933, https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin, https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Api/appsettings.json#L4-L10, https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Infrastructure/Authentication/PermissionHandler.cs#L130-L172, https://github.com/xianhc/ape-volo-admin/blob/V3.5.2/Ape.Volo.Infrastructure/Extensions/AuthorizationExtensions.cs#L50-L60, https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/ape-volo-admin-hardcoded-jwt-secret-admin-token-forgery

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -938f7ec58047f0c63123dc155d6a033910f00933

    Affected versions

    V3.5.2
    V3.5.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2026-120442 | CVE-DB