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CVE-2026-120442VulnerabilityPublished

ape-volo-admin before 3.6.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-120442· Critical 9.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.3 Critical : upgrade to 3.6.1 as a priority.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 16:43 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
9.3Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.09.3
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.19.8
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.6.1
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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade ape-volo-admin to 3.6.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
xianhcape-volo-adminAffected
  • <3.6.1
Fixed in
  • 3.6.1
GitHubape-volo-adminpkg:github/ape-volo-adminOther threatsAffected
  • <3.6.1
Fixed in
  • 3.6.1

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AI-suggested

A fixed version 3.6.1 or later addresses this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to version 3.6.1 or above to remediate the issue.

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in ape-volo-admin versions before 3.6.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens by exploiting a hardcoded JWT signing key found in the appsettings.json file. Using this key, attackers can create tokens offline with the jti claim set to the seeded administrator ID, granting full API control over users, roles, permissions, and data.

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