CVE-2026-78062

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.

CVSS 4.0

5.5CVSS: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

CVSS 3.1

7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-259, CWE-798

Published

2026-08-23

Modified

2026-10-12

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/vas3k/TaxHacker/
• https://github.com/vas3k/TaxHacker/issues/147
• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78062
• https://vuldb.com/submit/881826
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/394302

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