# CVE-2026-90942: Casdoor through 4.4.0 Private Key Exposure via Certificate Endpoints

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- casdoor: through 4.4.0

## Description

Casdoor through 4.4.0 fails to properly mask the instance-wide built-in certificate private key in /api/get-certs and /api/get-cert endpoints, allowing organization administrators to retrieve it. Attackers can use the exposed private key to forge JWT tokens for any user in any organization, including global administrators.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on casdoor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/casdoor.md#finding-3-organization-admin-can-read-the-global-built-in-jwt-signing-private-key-via-apiget-certs-and-apiget-cert-incomplete-fix-of-3003--enables-cross-organization-token-forgery
- https://github.com/casdoor/casdoor/blob/v4.4.0/controllers/cert.go
- https://github.com/casdoor/casdoor/blob/v4.4.0/object/cert.go
- https://github.com/casdoor/casdoor
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/casdoor-through-4.4.0-private-key-exposure-via-certificate-endpoints

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