CVE-2025-53960 Apache StreamPark: Uses the user’s password as the secret key
Apache StreamPark uses user passwords as JWT signing keys, allowing attackers to brute-force passwords or forge tokens for account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-53960?
CVE-2025-53960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache StreamPark, published on 12 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When issuing JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Apache StreamPark directly uses the user's password as the HMAC signing key (e.g., with the HS256 algorithm). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform offline brute-force attacks on the user's password using a captured JWT, or to arbitrarily forge identity tokens for the user if the password is already known, ultimately leading to complete account takeover.
This issue affects Apache StreamPark: from 2.0.0 before 2.1.7.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.7, which fixes the issue.
Weakness: CWE-1240
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53960?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.streampark:streampark. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.streampark:streampark Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.1.7 |
org.apache.streampark:streampark Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.1.7 |
Products include Apache Streampark.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53960?
Upgrade org.apache.streampark:streampark to 2.1.7 or later.
Is CVE-2025-53960 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53960 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache StreamPark
- CVE-2022-45802 Apache StreamPark (incubating): Upload any file to any directory
- CVE-2024-29070 Apache StreamPark: session not invalidated after logout
- CVE-2022-46365 Apache StreamPark (incubating): Logic error causing any account reset
- CVE-2024-29178 Apache StreamPark: FreeMarker SSTI RCE Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-52291 Apache StreamPark (incubating): Unchecked maven build params could trigger remote command execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3hg2-rh4r-8qf6.