CRITICAL 9.8 CVE-2026-117564 Published 27 Oct 2026

nest-admin Hardcoded JWT Secret Admin Authentication Bypass

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nest-admin before 1.0.1 has an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator tokens.

The cause is a hardcoded JWT_SECRET committed in .env.production. Because JwtStrategy and RbacGuard trust this known secret, attackers can:

  • sign tokens impersonating any user ID, or
  • claim the admin role for full administrative access.

Full administrative access is possible without authentication.

Reference: CVE-2026-117564 on NVD

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