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.
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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 | |
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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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-27T14:16:38.720
Modified: 2026-10-27T16:04:22.707
Link: CVE-2026-117564
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Updated: 2026-10-27T14:30:04Z
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