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CVE-2026-111690

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Description

Simple Admin Core through 1.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge super administrator tokens by using the hard-coded Auth.AccessSecret in api/etc/core.yaml. Attackers can sign a JWT with the public secret and roleId claim 001 to gain full administrative control over users, roles, menus, API authorities, configuration and tokens.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.3 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-16 18:17:52.350000
Last modified
2026-10-19 14:16:59.640000
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  "published": "2026-10-16T18:17:52.350",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T14:16:59.640",
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