CVE-2026-69102 MaxKey Hard-coded JWT Secret Unauthorized Access via /login/jwt/trust
Attackers can forge JWT tokens using a hard-coded secret to gain unauthorized admin access to the MaxKey SSO system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-69102?
CVE-2026-69102 is a critical vulnerability in dromara MaxKey, published on 11 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MaxKey contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to a hard-coded JWT signing secret in application-maxkey.properties that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge valid JWT tokens and authenticate as any user by exploiting the password-skipped login endpoint. Attackers can craft a JWT token signed with the publicly known default secret, submit it to the /sign/login/jwt/trust endpoint, and obtain a fully authenticated admin session with access to SSO application configuration and downstream application secrets.
Weakness: CWE-798
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-69102?
How do I fix CVE-2026-69102?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-69102 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-69102 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-69102 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhfc-44v3-4rhf.