CVE-2026-28678 (GCVE-0-2026-28678)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-07 16:06 – Updated: 2026-03-09 18:26
VLAI?
Title
dsa-hub-server: Clear-Text Storage of Sensitive Data
Summary
DSA Study Hub is an interactive educational web application. Prior to commit d527fba, the user authentication system in server/routes/auth.js was found to be vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials. Authentication tokens (JWTs) were stored in HTTP cookies without cryptographic protection of the payload. This issue has been patched via commit d527fba.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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| toxicbishop | DSA-with-tsx |
Affected:
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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