CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedMaxKey is vulnerable due to a hard-coded JWT signing secret, enabling unauthenticated attackers to forge valid JWT tokens and gain unauthorized access to user accounts, including admin sessions. This critical vulnerability allows attackers to exploit the password-skipped login endpoint, compromising SSO application configurations and sensitive downstream application secrets. Organizations using MaxKey should prioritize immediate remediation to prevent potential exploitation and data breaches.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD Description
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.