Medium 6.1Published Oct 15, 2026

CVE-2026-57183Scoold: Forged JWT Accepted as Admin API Token Allowing Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Configuration and Logs

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:00 UTC)

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Scoold is a Q&A and a knowledge sharing platform for teams. Prior to 1.69.1, checkApiAuth() in src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/utils/ScooldUtils.java accepts a JWT signed with app_secret_key or para_secret_key for /api/config and /api/stats without requiring a registered API-key jti, and maps the request to the hardcoded administrative API_USER. The special endpoint checks run even when scoold.api_enabled is false. An attacker who obtains either signing secret can forge a token that reads sensitive configuration and server logs and reaches privileged configuration functionality, while an ordinary login-session token is not sufficient. This issue is fixed in version 1.69.1.

CVSS: 6.1 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Erudika scoold erudika:scoold (from the name)	before 1.69.1	CNA record

References

https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/security/advisories/GHSA-6q9q-cqq5-hvmqx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/de018c17a60c352f318109a762a377c325a5fd97x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/e527d4da1ac04b6a35bd86e560c279f0160c5c02x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/tag/1.69.1x-refsource-misc

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