socfortress CoPilot up to 0.1.56 utils.py JWT_SECRET improper authentication

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in socfortress CoPilot up to 0.1.56. This affects an unknown function of the file backend/app/auth/utils.py. The manipulation of the argument JWT_SECRET results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-42869. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in socfortress CoPilot up to 0.1.56. Affected is an unknown code block of the file backend/app/auth/utils.py. The manipulation of the argument JWT_SECRET with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SOCFortress CoPilot focuses on providing a single pane of glass for all your security operations needs. Prior to 0.1.57, SOCFortress CoPilot ships a hardcoded JWT signing secret as a fallback value in backend/app/auth/utils.py:28 and ships it verbatim in .env.example. Any deployment where JWT_SECRET is not explicitly set — including the default Docker Compose setup — signs all authentication tokens with this publicly known value. An unauthenticated attacker can forge arbitrary admin-scoped JWTs and gain full control of the application and every security tool it manages without any credentials. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.57.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-42869 since 04/30/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 0.1.57 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4640511a0cf2e7b144a71375b5b349a8318cb186 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• socfortress

Name

• CoPilot

Version

• 0.1.0
• 0.1.1
• 0.1.2
• 0.1.3
• 0.1.4
• 0.1.5
• 0.1.6
• 0.1.7
• 0.1.8
• 0.1.9
• 0.1.10
• 0.1.11
• 0.1.12
• 0.1.13
• 0.1.14
• 0.1.15
• 0.1.16
• 0.1.17
• 0.1.18
• 0.1.19
• 0.1.20
• 0.1.21
• 0.1.22
• 0.1.23
• 0.1.24
• 0.1.25
• 0.1.26
• 0.1.27
• 0.1.28
• 0.1.29
• 0.1.30
• 0.1.31
• 0.1.32
• 0.1.33
• 0.1.34
• 0.1.35
• 0.1.36
• 0.1.37
• 0.1.38
• 0.1.39
• 0.1.40
• 0.1.41
• 0.1.42
• 0.1.43
• 0.1.44
• 0.1.45
• 0.1.46
• 0.1.47
• 0.1.48
• 0.1.49
• 0.1.50
• 0.1.51
• 0.1.52
• 0.1.53
• 0.1.54
• 0.1.55
• 0.1.56

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/

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