Description
Simple Admin Core through 1.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge super administrator tokens by using the hard-coded Auth.AccessSecret in api/etc/core.yaml. Attackers can sign a JWT with the public secret and roleId claim 001 to gain full administrative control over users, roles, menus, API authorities, configuration and tokens.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description Simple Admin Core through 1.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge super administrator tokens by using the hard-coded Auth.AccessSecret in api/etc/core.yaml. Attackers can sign a JWT with the public secret and roleId claim 001 to gain full administrative control over users, roles, menus, API authorities, configuration and tokens.
Title Simple Admin Core through 1.8.7 Hard-Coded JWT Secret Authentication Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-321
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T17:39:46.960Z

Reserved: 2026-10-16T14:31:20.316Z

Link: CVE-2026-111690

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-16T18:17:52.350

Modified: 2026-10-16T19:03:18.127

Link: CVE-2026-111690

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Updated: 2026-10-16T19:15:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-321

    Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key