Answer in brief
CVE-2026-120442 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in ape-volo-admin before 3.6.1 Hardcoded JWT Signing Key Authentication Bypass. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps xianhc/ape-volo-admin (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps xianhc/ape-volo-admin (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| xianhc/ape-volo-admingeneric | >=0 <3.6.1 | 3.6.1 |
Published upstream
Nov 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 2, 2026
ape-volo-admin before 3.6.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens using a hardcoded JWT signing key in appsettings.json. Attackers can sign tokens offline with the jti claim set to the seeded administrator id to gain full API control over users, roles, permissions and data.
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