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nest-admin before 1.0.1 Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Secret

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

nest-admin before 1.0.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens by using a hardcoded JWT_SECRET committed in .env.production. Attackers can sign tokens with the known secret that JwtStrategy and RbacGuard trust, impersonating any user ID or claiming the admin role for full administrative access.

Products
nest-admin
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-117564
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 17:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

nest-admin before 1.0.1 Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Secret

core-cve · Original source

Published 27 Oct 2026, 13:07 UTC

nest-admin before 1.0.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens by using a hardcoded JWT_SECRET committed in .env.production. Attackers can sign tokens with the known secret that JwtStrategy and RbacGuard trust, impersonating any user ID or claiming the admin role for full administrative access.

cve:CVE-2026-117564

nest-admin

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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