CVE-2026-107177 (GCVE-0-2026-107177)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-07 12:48
Modified
2026-10-07 17:31
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-1394 - Use of Default Cryptographic Key
Summary
Express Gateway through 1.16.11 contains a hardcoded cryptographic key vulnerability that allows attackers with datastore access to decrypt stored OAuth 2.0 token secrets via the default crypto.cipherKey 'sensitiveKey'. Attackers who can read Redis can decrypt tokenEncrypted values and combine them with stored token IDs to obtain valid bearer tokens for any user.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ExpressGateway express-gateway Version: 0   ≤ 1.16.11
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