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NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-69102 — MaxKey contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to a hard-coded JWT sig...

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Executive Summary

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

Analysis

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. CVSS Score: 9.8. Published: 2026-08-11T18:18:17.587.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-69102
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Aug 11, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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