Part-DB: Hardcoded APP_SECRET enables forged remember-me cookie
Part-DB is an open source inventory management system for electronic components. Prior to version 2.12.1, the file .env committed in the Part-DB repository contains a fixed value for APP_SECRET (a03498528f5a5fc089273ec9ae5b2849). The official Docker image jbtronics/part-db1 does not override or randomize this value at container start-up. Because Symfony uses APP_SECRET (via kernel.secret) as the HMAC key for signing remember-me cookies, any attacker who knows the secret -- or fetches it from the public repository -- can forge an arbitrary-user remember-me cookie and gain a fully authenticated session with no credentials required. This issue has been patched in version 2.12.1.
CVE-2026-54631
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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-54631
Part-DB-server
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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{
"vendor": "Part-DB",
"product": "Part-DB-server",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "< 2.12.1"
}
]
}
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- CVE-2026-54631
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