CVE-2026-0622: Insecure Jwt Secret Env Fallback
The application uses a statically hard-coded string as a fallback for a JWT or session secret when the environment variable is not configured. This allows an attacker to bypass authentication by signing a forged JSON Web Token (JWT) or session cookie using the known default secret. To fix, require the environment variable to be set, or dynamically generate a
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The application uses a statically hard-coded string as a fallback for a JWT or session secret when the environment variable is not configured. This allows an attacker to bypass authentication by signing a forged JSON Web Token (JWT) or session cookie using the known default secret. To fix, require the environment variable to be set, or dynamically generate a
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