Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-111690Simple Admin Core through 1.8.7 Hard-Coded JWT Secret Authentication Bypass
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in simple-admin-core from suyuan32. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Simple Admin Core through 1.8.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge super administrator tokens by using the hard-coded Auth.AccessSecret in api/etc/core.yaml. Attackers can sign a JWT with the public secret and roleId claim 001 to gain full administrative control over users, roles, menus, API authorities, configuration and tokens.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| suyuan32 | simple-admin-core | 0 – through 1.8.7 |
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/@hieuPenguinnn/simple-admin-core-hardcoded-jwt-accesssecret-admin-auth-bypass third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/suyuan32/simple-admin-core/blob/v1.8.7/api/etc/core.yaml#L6-L8 technical-description
- https://github.com/suyuan32/simple-admin-core/pull/382 issue-tracking, patch
- VulnCheck Advisory: Simple Admin Core through 1.8.7 Hard-Coded JWT Secret Authentication Bypass third-party-advisory