Description
MaxKey contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to a hard-coded JWT signing secret in application-maxkey.properties that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge valid JWT tokens and authenticate as any user by exploiting the password-skipped login endpoint. Attackers can craft a JWT token signed with the publicly known default secret, submit it to the /sign/login/jwt/trust endpoint, and obtain a fully authenticated admin session with access to SSO application configuration and downstream application secrets.
Published: 2026-08-11
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description MaxKey contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to a hard-coded JWT signing secret in application-maxkey.properties that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge valid JWT tokens and authenticate as any user by exploiting the password-skipped login endpoint. Attackers can craft a JWT token signed with the publicly known default secret, submit it to the /sign/login/jwt/trust endpoint, and obtain a fully authenticated admin session with access to SSO application configuration and downstream application secrets.
Title MaxKey Hard-coded JWT Secret Unauthorized Access via /login/jwt/trust
Weaknesses CWE-798
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: 2026-08-11T18:04:26.008Z

Reserved: 2026-08-03T10:44:14.336Z

Link: CVE-2026-69102

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-11T18:18:17.587

Modified: 2026-08-11T18:18:17.587

Link: CVE-2026-69102

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-798

    Use of Hard-coded Credentials