Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-14261 · published 8 December 2025

CVE-2025-14261: The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the J…

The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the JWT is only 6 bytes long at its core, which makes it extremely easy to crack.

7.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.30% · top 79.5% CWE-331 · CWE-331 Deferred

7.1CVSS 3.1 base score

0.30%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

0Affected product versions listed by NVD

2References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Litmus platform uses JWT for authentication and authorization, but the secret being used for signing the JWT is only 6 bytes long at its core, which makes it extremely easy to crack.

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

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus/pull/5324
https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/litmus-jwt-missing-entropy-elevation-jfsa-2025-001648159/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-14261), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.