{"id":"CVE-2026-57183","aliases":["EUVD-2026-102313","GHSA-6q9q-cqq5-hvmq"],"status":"published","title":"Scoold: Forged JWT Accepted as Admin API Token Allowing Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Configuration and Logs","description":"Scoold is a Q\u0026A 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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00296,"percentile":0.22493,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"published":"2026-10-15T18:32:47Z","modified":"2026-10-30T07:21:42Z","products":[{"vendor":"erudika","product":"scoold"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/security/advisories/GHSA-6q9q-cqq5-hvmq","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/de018c17a60c352f318109a762a377c325a5fd97","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/e527d4da1ac04b6a35bd86e560c279f0160c5c02","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/tag/1.69.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57183.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57183","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57183","title":"Scoold: Forged JWT Accepted as Admin API Token Allowing Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Configuration and Logs","description":"Scoold is a Q\u0026A 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. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-15T18:32:47Z","modified":"2026-10-28T19:59:31Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:59:18.841799Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57183","description":"Scoold is a Q\u0026A 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-15T19:17:41.447Z","modified":"2026-10-28T20:18:14.89Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:59.751798Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57183","title":"Scoold: Forged JWT Accepted as Admin API Token Allowing Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Configuration and Logs","description":"Scoold is a Q\u0026A 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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-15T18:32:47.861Z","modified":"2026-10-30T07:21:42.319142873Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:12.016252Z"}]}}