Vulnerability · Published Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in scoold from Erudika. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Erudika	scoold	< 1.69.1

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/security/advisories/GHSA-6q9q-cqq5-hvmq x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/de018c17a60c352f318109a762a377c325a5fd97 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/e527d4da1ac04b6a35bd86e560c279f0160c5c02 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/tag/1.69.1 x_refsource_MISC