Vulnerability · Published Sep 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-97877zhistaredu StarTraining JWT Token application.yml UserLoginService.createToken hard-coded password

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in StarTraining from zhistaredu. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was determined in zhistaredu StarTraining up to 3.8.1. This issue affects the function UserLoginService.createToken of the file application.yml of the component JWT Token Handler. This manipulation of the argument user_id/company_id causes use of hard-coded password. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
zhistaredu	StarTraining	3.8.03.8.1

Weakness: CWE-259, CWE-255 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

References

VDB-409898 | zhistaredu StarTraining JWT Token application.yml UserLoginService.createToken hard-coded password vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-409898 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
CVE-2026-97877 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
Submit #913575 | zhistaredu 3.8.1 Use of Hard-coded Password third-party-advisory
https://github.com/ArrestX/startraining-advisories/blob/main/advisories/ST-VULN-001-jwt-hardcoded-secret-forge.md exploit