CVE-2026-78062CWE-259CWE-798hardcoded-credentials

CVE-2026-78062

High · published August 23, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · 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
EPSS
0.00495 · 41.6th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-259 · Use of Hard-coded Password; CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2026-08-23T09:16Z
References (6)
https://github.com/vas3k/TaxHacker/ · [email protected]https://github.com/vas3k/TaxHacker/issues/147 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78062 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/submit/881826 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/394302 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/394302/cti · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 AUG 04:15Z
    vas3k TaxHacker JWT Secret config.ts envSchema.parse hard-coded credentials
    cvelistv5