CVE-2026-78062 (GCVE-0-2026-78062)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-23 04:15 – Updated: 2026-08-23 04:15
VLAI
Title
vas3k TaxHacker JWT Secret config.ts envSchema.parse hard-coded credentials
Summary
A vulnerability was identified in vas3k TaxHacker up to 0.8.2. The affected element is the function envSchema.parse of the file lib/config.ts of the component JWT Secret Handler. The manipulation of the argument BETTER_AUTH_SECRET leads to hard-coded credentials. The attack can be initiated remotely. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Hard-coded Credentials
  • CWE-259 - Use of Hard-coded Password
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394302 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394302/cti signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78062 third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/881826 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/vas3k/TaxHacker/issues/147 issue-tracking
https://github.com/vas3k/TaxHacker/ product
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
vas3k TaxHacker Affected: 0.8.0
Affected: 0.8.1
Affected: 0.8.2
    cpe:2.3:a:vas3k:taxhacker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
keyblue (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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