HireFlow: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45336",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "HireFlow: Use of Hard-coded Credentials",
    "summary": "HireFlow is a web-based interview management system for managing candidates, scheduling interviews, and tracking hiring progress. In 1.2 and earlier, app.py assigns a hard-coded Flask secret_key used to sign session cookies, allowing unauthenticated attackers who know the public source value to forge cookies containing role=admin and user_id values and bypass authentication. The advisory lists version 1.3 as fixed.",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/stratonwebdesigners/hireflow",
              "type": "GIT",
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                  "fixed": "7cab75f469ed6c98d11f146d63b1be6d1d027e56"
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                    "original_tag": "v1.3"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:34.561227154Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/releases/tag/v1.3",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45336.json",
        "https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/security/advisories/GHSA-x53g-jr84-jrv5",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45336"
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        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-798"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 502023,
  "published_at": "2026-07-16T17:03:00.629+00:00"
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