# CVE-2026-56271: Flowise - Weak Default JWT Secrets in Authentication Middleware

- Also known as: GHSA-CC4F-HJPJ-G9P8
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.0
- Published: 2026-07-12 · Updated: 2026-07-13

## Affected

- Flowise: fixed in 3.1.0
- flowise (npm): fixed in 3.1.0

## Description

Flowise before 3.1.0 (affected versions 3.0.13 and earlier) uses weak hardcoded default JWT secrets ('auth_token', 'refresh_token') and default audience and issuer values ('AUDIENCE', 'ISSUER') in the enterprise passport authentication middleware (packages/server/src/enterprise/middleware/passport/index.ts). When the corresponding environment variables (JWT_AUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, JWT_REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET, JWT_AUDIENCE, JWT_ISSUER) are not set, the application silently falls back to these publicly known defaults, allowing an attacker to forge valid JWTs and impersonate any user, including administrators, resulting in authentication bypass.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Flowise, flowise, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/security/advisories/GHSA-cc4f-hjpj-g9p8
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flowise-weak-default-jwt-secrets-in-authentication-middleware

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