GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874
Aliases
  • CVE-2025-13877
Published
2025-12-09T17:42:53Z
Modified
2025-12-09T17:57:52Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Authentication Bypass via Default JWT Secret in NocoBase docker-compose Deployments
Details

Impact

CVE-2025-13877 is an authentication bypass vulnerability caused by insecure default JWT key usage in NocoBase Docker deployments.

Because the official one-click Docker deployment configuration historically provided a public default JWT key, attackers can forge valid JWT tokens without possessing any legitimate credentials. By constructing a token with a known userId (commonly the administrator account), an attacker can directly bypass authentication and authorization checks.

Successful exploitation allows an attacker to:

  • Bypass authentication entirely
  • Impersonate arbitrary users
  • Gain full administrator privileges
  • Access sensitive business data
  • Create, modify, or delete users
  • Access cloud storage credentials and other protected secrets

The vulnerability is remotely exploitable, requires no authentication, and public proof-of-concept exploits are available.
This issue is functionally equivalent in impact to other JWT secret exposure vulnerabilities such as CVE-2024-43441 and CVE-2025-30206.

Deployments that used the default Docker configuration without explicitly overriding the JWT secret are affected.

Patches

✅ The vulnerability has been fully patched through a secure JWT key management redesign.

The remediation enforces the following security guarantees:

  • JWT secrets are no longer allowed to fall back to public default values.
  • Secrets must either:
    • Be explicitly provided by the user, or
    • Be securely generated using cryptographically strong randomness at first startup.
  • Generated secrets are persisted securely with restricted filesystem permissions.
  • Invalid or weak secret values immediately trigger a startup failure.

✅ Fixed Versions:

  • NocoBase ≥ 1.9.23
  • NocoBase ≥ 1.9.0-beta.18
  • NocoBase ≥ 2.0.0-alpha.52

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible, the following temporary mitigations must be performed to reduce risk:

  1. Explicitly set a strong, randomly generated JWT secret via environment variables APP_KEY.
  2. Restart all running NocoBase instances so the new secret takes effect.
  3. Invalidate all existing JWT sessions, forcing complete user re-authentication.
  4. Verify that no default secret values are present in:
    • docker-compose.yml
    • .env files
    • Kubernetes Secrets

References

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1320",
        "CWE-321"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-09T17:42:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / @nocobase/auth

Package

Name
@nocobase/auth
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/%40nocobase/auth

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.9.0
Fixed
1.9.23

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 1.9.21"
source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874.json"

npm / @nocobase/auth

Package

Name
@nocobase/auth
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/%40nocobase/auth

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.0-beta.18

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 1.9.0-beta.17"
source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874.json"

npm / @nocobase/auth

Package

Name
@nocobase/auth
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/%40nocobase/auth

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
2.0.0-alpha.1
Fixed
2.0.0-alpha.52

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 2.0.0-alpha.51"
source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874/GHSA-mv7p-34fv-4874.json"