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An unauthenticated remote attacker can forge tokens for any user ID and role and gain administrator access to the whole API.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["asp.net-core","jwt","other","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["api-not-exposed","version-10.20261109-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Open `appsettings.json` in the WHMS project and look for a hard-coded JWT signing key, issuer and audience.\n- Check the WHMS version; versions before `10.20261109` are affected.","fix":"- Upgrade WHMS to `10.20261109` or later, per the release notes linked in the sources.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-10T00:17:11+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T00:28:43+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-10T00:29:42+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-10T00:29:42+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-10T00:29:42Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Upgrade WHMS to `10.20261109` or later, per the release notes linked in the sources.","reach":"internet","title":"INDOTALENT WHMS: hard-coded JWT key lets anyone forge admin tokens","impact":"high","summary":"INDOTALENT WHMS, an ASP.NET Core inventory and order system, ships a hard-coded JWT signing key, issuer and audience in appsettings.json. 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