Description
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.
Published: 2026-08-23
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 23 Aug 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title vas3k TaxHacker JWT Secret config.ts envSchema.parse hard-coded credentials
First Time appeared Vas3k
Vas3k taxhacker
Weaknesses CWE-259
CWE-798
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vas3k:taxhacker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vas3k
Vas3k taxhacker
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T14:38:10.867Z

Reserved: 2026-08-22T10:55:54.278Z

Link: CVE-2026-78062

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T13:20:43.036Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-23T05:16:52.137

Modified: 2026-08-27T17:20:30.860

Link: CVE-2026-78062

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T16:39:51Z

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