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Casdoor EUVDEUVD-2026-77710

| CVE-2026-90942 CRITICAL
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-09-14 VulnCheck GHSA-q7wf-9cg6-97h6
9.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as organization admin
  2. Delivery
    Call /api/get-certs or /api/get-cert
  3. Exploit
    Retrieve unmasked signing private key
  4. Execution
    Forge JWT as global administrator
  5. Impact
    Full cross-organization compromise

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated organization-administrator account on the target Casdoor instance (PR:L) - it is not reachable by anonymous/unauthenticated users. Given that role, the flaw affects default configurations: the /api/get-certs and /api/get-cert endpoints return the instance-wide built-in certificate's private key without masking, so no special feature toggle is needed. The critical limiting factor is the org-admin privilege requirement; the critical amplifying factor is that this is a single shared signing key for the whole instance, so any one org admin can forge tokens for users in any organization, including global administrators (cross-tenant scope change). Risk is highest in multi-tenant deployments where organization-admin accounts are self-service or not fully trusted.

Impact

This is a genuinely high-severity issue, though not one of the widest-blast-radius CVEs. The signals are internally consistent: CVSS 4.0 base 9.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N with a scope change SC:H/SI:H) aligns with SSVC (Exploitation: poc, Automatable: yes, Technical Impact: total) and with a publicly available exploit write-up. The one apparent tension is EPSS, which is very low at 0.21% (11th percentile) despite a public PoC and 'total' technical impact - this reflects that exploitation is not remote-unauthenticated (an attacker must already hold organization-administrator privileges) rather than any weakness in the technical impact. There is no CISA KEV listing, so this is 'publicly available exploit code exists,' NOT confirmed active exploitation. The core weakness (CWE-863 incorrect authorization exposing the instance-wide JWT signing private key) is severe because it collapses tenant isolation entirely: a low-trust org admin can escalate to forging tokens as a global administrator across all organizations. Net: a real priority for any multi-tenant Casdoor deployment where organization-admin accounts are not fully trusted, but the PR:L prerequisite meaningfully limits opportunistic mass exploitation, consistent with the low EPSS.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who controls (or registers/compromises) an organization-administrator account in a shared Casdoor instance calls /api/get-certs or /api/get-cert and receives the unmasked built-in certificate private key. They use that key to sign forged JWTs impersonating any user - including a global administrator - gaining full cross-organization control. A public exploit write-up detailing this exact technique is available (VulnCheck advisory / geo-chen OSS finding-3).

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity + public POC available.
1 PoC candidate (unverified) No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 16, 2026

Casdoor through 4.4.0 exposes its instance-wide built-in JWT signing private key unmasked through the /api/get-certs and /api/get-cert endpoints, letting an authenticated organization administrator retrieve a key that should never leave the server. Because a single shared key signs tokens for the entire deployment, any one org admin can forge valid JWTs for arbitrary users in any organization - including global administrators - turning a tenant-scoped role into a full cross-tenant authentication bypass (CWE-863, improper authorization). Publicly available exploit code exists (a detailed write-up for finding 3 is linked, described as an incomplete fix of issue #3003), and VulnCheck rates the technical impact as total; EPSS is low at 0.21% (11th percentile), and the flaw is not confirmed as actively exploited. Exploitation requires a prior authenticated org-admin account and is not reachable anonymously.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - the public write-up characterizes the current state as an incomplete fix of issue #3003, and no fixed Casdoor version is given in the available data, so this should be tracked against the upstream repository at https://github.com/casdoor/casdoor for a release that masks the private key on /api/get-certs and /api/get-cert for organization-scoped callers. The most important compensating control is to rotate the built-in signing certificate immediately (generate a new built-in key pair in the Casdoor certificate settings and remove the old one), since the previously exposed key stays valid for token forgery until rotated; the trade-off is that every JWT signed with the old key is invalidated, forcing all users and any relying services or JWKS consumers to refresh, so schedule the rotation and re-login window. In addition, treat every organization-administrator account as equivalent to a global administrator for trust purposes until patched: audit existing org-admin assignments, revoke or downgrade them where not strictly necessary, and disable self-service creation of organization admins. Where operationally feasible, block or restrict access to /api/get-certs and /api/get-cert at a reverse proxy or API gateway so that only known global-admin source addresses or sessions can reach them - noting this may break legitimate administrative tooling that depends on certificate introspection - and enable logging/alerting on requests to those endpoints to detect key harvesting. Finally, hunt for indicators of forged-token abuse, including authentication events tied to admin or cross-organization identities that do not correspond to legitimate logins, and invalidate sessions for high-privilege accounts as part of the cleanup.

Affected VersionsENISA

casdoor 0 ≤4.4.0

Affected Packages

euvd casdoor no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Casdoor is an open-source Go-based identity and access management (IAM) / SSO platform that issues JWTs signed with an instance-wide built-in certificate. The vulnerability class is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): the certificate controller and object layer - visible in controllers/cert.go and object/cert.go at the v4.4.0 tag - return the certificate object through /api/get-certs and /api/get-cert without masking the private key field for non-privileged callers. The authorization check appears to validate that the caller is an administrator but fails to distinguish an organization-scoped administrator from a global administrator, so an org admin receives the global built-in cert's private key. Since that one key pair validates tokens across every organization in the instance, possession of it provides the ability to mint signed JWTs that any Casdoor-protected service will accept, effectively bypassing authentication and impersonating users - including global admins - in other tenants. This is described in the source material as an incomplete fix of the earlier issue #3003, meaning a prior attempt to restrict the cert endpoints did not fully close the private-key disclosure path. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:casdoor:casdoor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* applies broadly, and ENISA EUVD (EUVD-2026-77710) records affected versions as casdoor 0 through 4.4.0.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 9.3 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
vuln.today AI 9.6 CRITICAL

Org admin is an authenticated but limited role (PR:L); exposing the instance-wide signing key enables cross-organization token forgery, a genuine scope change (S:C) with high C and I, no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
High
Subsequent system: Integrity
High
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Casdoor through 4.4.0 fails to properly mask the instance-wide built-in certificate private key in /api/get-certs and /api/get-cert endpoints, allowing organization administrators to retrieve it. Attackers can use the exposed private key to forge JWT tokens for any user in any organization, including global administrators.

Technical POC Analysis

CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization).

Full technical POC analysis - root cause, step-by-step exploitation and patch breakdown - is part of the Pro and Business plans.

Latest POC

1 PoC candidate from github (unverified)

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Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Casdoor deployments through 4.4.0 expose an instance-wide JWT signing key that an organization administrator can retrieve, enabling forged tokens for arbitrary users in any tenant, including global administrators. Publicly available exploit code exists, and while the vulnerability is not confirmed as actively exploited, successful abuse would break tenant isolation and authentication across the entire Casdoor deployment. Leadership should treat this as a severe access-control and trust risk because a single organization-admin account could compromise all organizations and administrative identities.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Restrict access to /api/get-certs and /api/get-cert to trusted administrative networks only; block these endpoints at reverse proxies, WAFs, or API gateways; reduce and monitor organization-administrator privileges; rotate the JWT signing key where operationally supported; enable audit logging and alerting for certificate retrieval and anomalous JWT issuance; segment Casdoor management interfaces from untrusted networks; monitor vendor advisories for a fixed release beyond 4.4.0.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular open-source IAM/SSO platform, common but not ubiquitous
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity + public POC available
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

66
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +46
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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8.1 Dec 07

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6.5 Jun 22

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6.1 Aug 20

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CVE-2026-9097 CRITICAL
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CVE-2026-9094 CRITICAL
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CVE-2026-9093 CRITICAL
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