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CVE-2021-40494

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

A Hardcoded JWT Secret Key in metadata.py in AdaptiveScale LXDUI through 2.1.3 allows attackers to gain admin access to the host system.

Affected products

• Adaptivescale Lxdui: through 2.1.3

References

• https://github.com/AdaptiveScale/lxdui/pull/353
• https://github.com/AdaptiveScale/lxdui/pull/353

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