CVE-2024-28194: Authentication Bypass Because of Hardcoded JWT Secret in your_spotify

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-03-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

your_spotify is an open source, self hosted Spotify tracking dashboard. YourSpotify versions < 1.8.0 use a hardcoded JSON Web Token (JWT) secret to sign authentication tokens. Attackers can use this well-known value to forge valid authentication tokens for arbitrary users. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication and authenticate as arbitrary YourSpotify users, including admin users. This issue has been addressed in version 1.8.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

Yooooomi your_spotify: before 1.8.0 — fixed in 1.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Yooooomi your_spotify 1.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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