CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-85391
9.3 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-09-03
- Last modified
- 2026-09-09
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 CRITICAL — 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Description
Peppermint through 0.5.5 contains a hardcoded JWT signing secret in docker-compose.yml that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge session tokens for any account. Attackers can use the published secret to mint valid tokens for arbitrary user IDs and access protected endpoints without credentials.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials weakness
References
- https://github.com/Peppermint-Lab/peppermint github.com
- https://github.com/Peppermint-Lab/peppermint/blob/0.5.5/apps/api/src/lib/jwt.ts github.com
- https://github.com/Peppermint-Lab/peppermint/blob/0.5.5/docker-compose.yml github.com
- https://github.com/Peppermint-Lab/peppermint/issues/528 github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/peppermint-through-0.5.5-use-of-hard-coded-jwt-signing-secret-in-docker-compose-yml www.vulncheck.com