GHSA-4m32-cjv7-f425 AstrBot is vulnerable to RCE with hard-coded JWT signing keys

• PyPI astrbot: < 3.5.18 → fixed in 3.5.18

Summary AstrBot uses a hard-coded JWT signing key, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands by installing a malicious plugin. Details AstrBot uses a hard-coded JWT signing key, which allows attackers to bypass the authentication mechanism. Once bypassed, the attacker can install a Python plugin that will be imported here, enabling arbitrary command execution on the target host. Impact All publicly accessible AstrBot instances are vulnerable. For more information, please see: CVE-2025-55449-AstrBot-RCE Patch This vulnerability was first reported on 2025-06-21 and was patched on the same day (2025-06-21). The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on 2025-11-14. Prior to public disclosure, monitoring from AstrBot Cloud indicated that fewer than 2% of deployed instances were still running the affected version. Therefore, this disclosure is not expected to have a significant impact on existing active instances.