CVE-2026-85391 - Peppermint through 0.5.5 Use of Hard-coded JWT Signing Secret in docker-compose.yml

CVE-2026-85391 - Peppermint through 0.5.5 Use of Hard-coded JWT Signing Secret in docker-compose.yml

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-85391
Published : Sept. 3, 2026, 6:54 p.m. | 9 minutes ago
Description :Peppermint through 0.5.5 contains a hardcoded JWT signing secret in docker-compose.yml that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge session tokens for any account. Attackers can use the published secret to mint valid tokens for arbitrary user IDs and access protected endpoints without credentials.
Severity: 9.8 | CRITICAL
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