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Security checkFebruary 26, 2026

FUXA has JWT Authentication Bypass via HTTP Referer header spoofing

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High severitynpm@frangoteam/fuxa

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Description

FUXA 1.2.8 and prior contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE). The vulnerability exists in the server/api/jwt-helper.js middleware, which improperly trusts the HTTP “Referer” header to validate internal requests.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

  • <= 1.2.8

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