CVE-2026-56271 (GCVE-0-2026-56271)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-12 12:06 – Updated: 2026-07-12 12:06
VLAI
Title
Flowise - Weak Default JWT Secrets in Authentication Middleware
Summary
Flowise before 3.1.0 (affected versions 3.0.13 and earlier) uses weak hardcoded default JWT secrets ('auth_token', 'refresh_token') and default audience and issuer values ('AUDIENCE', 'ISSUER') in the enterprise passport authentication middleware (packages/server/src/enterprise/middleware/passport/index.ts). When the corresponding environment variables (JWT_AUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, JWT_REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET, JWT_AUDIENCE, JWT_ISSUER) are not set, the application silently falls back to these publicly known defaults, allowing an attacker to forge valid JWTs and impersonate any user, including administrators, resulting in authentication bypass.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Flowise Flowise Affected: 0 , < 3.1.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 3.1.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-04-15 00:00
Credits
kolega-ai-dev
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