Description
nest-admin before 1.0.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens by using a hardcoded JWT_SECRET committed in .env.production. Attackers can sign tokens with the known secret that JwtStrategy and RbacGuard trust, impersonating any user ID or claiming the admin role for full administrative access.
Published: 2026-10-27
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description nest-admin before 1.0.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens by using a hardcoded JWT_SECRET committed in .env.production. Attackers can sign tokens with the known secret that JwtStrategy and RbacGuard trust, impersonating any user ID or claiming the admin role for full administrative access.
Title nest-admin before 1.0.1 Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Secret
Weaknesses CWE-321
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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T13:07:58.360Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T11:25:24.150Z

Link: CVE-2026-117564

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T14:16:38.720

Modified: 2026-10-27T14:16:38.720

Link: CVE-2026-117564

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Updated: 2026-10-27T14:30:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-321

    Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key