Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-110612vlife through 2.0.1 Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Secret in TokenUtil
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in vlife from wwwlike. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
vlife through 2.0.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge JWTs using the hardcoded HS256 signing key in TokenUtil. Attackers can sign a token with superUser=true and arbitrary groupIds claims to gain super administrator access to any URL on vlife instances.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-321 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/vlife-hardcoded-jwt-secret-token-forgery third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/wwwlike/vlife/blob/4f03b19b91d82781939653f5b0d9a70721734d6d/vlife-boot-starter-web/src/main/java/cn/wwwlike/web/security/filter/TokenUtil.java#L33-L58 technical-description
- https://github.com/wwwlike/vlife/blob/4f03b19b91d82781939653f5b0d9a70721734d6d/vlife-base/src/main/java/cn/wwwlike/config/VlifeUrlDecisionManager.java#L25 technical-description
- https://github.com/wwwlike/vlife product
- VulnCheck Advisory: vlife through 2.0.1 Authentication Bypass via Hardcoded JWT Secret in TokenUtil third-party-advisory