CVE-2026-69102
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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.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-11 18:18:17.587000
Last modified
2026-10-24 16:10:00.153000
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