zhistaredu StarTraining up to 3.8.1 JWT Token application.yml UserLoginService.createToken user_id/company_id hard-coded password

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A vulnerability was found in zhistaredu StarTraining up to 3.8.1. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is the function UserLoginService.createToken of the file application.yml of the component JWT Token Handler. Such manipulation of the argument user_id/company_id leads to hard-coded password. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-97877. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in zhistaredu StarTraining up to 3.8.1. Affected by this issue is the function UserLoginService.createToken of the file application.yml of the component JWT Token Handler. The manipulation of the argument user_id/company_id with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded password vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-259. The product contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-97877. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1078.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• zhistaredu

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• StarTraining

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• 3.8.0
• 3.8.1

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• Submit #913575: zhistaredu 3.8.1 Use of Hard-coded Password (by Vseen)

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