CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-51606

8.8 HIGH Published 2025-08-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2025-08-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-798

Description

hippo4j 1.0.0 to 1.5.0, uses a hard-coded secret key in its JWT (JSON Web Token) creation. This allows attackers with access to the source code or compiled binary to forge valid access tokens and impersonate any user, including privileged ones such as "admin". The vulnerability poses a critical security risk in systems where authentication and authorization rely on the integrity of JWTs.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness

References