CVE-2025-69985: FUXA has JWT Authentication Bypass via HTTP Referer header spoofing
FUXA 1.2.8 and prior contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE). The vulnerability exists in the server/api/jwt-helper.js middleware, which improperly trusts the HTTP "Referer" header to validate internal requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass JWT authentication by spoofing the Referer header to match the server's host.
Published Feb 24, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Affected packages
@frangoteam/fuxa
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Affected
- <= 1.2.8
- Fixed in
- No patched version yet
- Check
npm ls @frangoteam/fuxa
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
FUXA 1.2.8 and prior contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE). The vulnerability exists in the server/api/jwt-helper.js middleware, which improperly trusts the HTTP "Referer" header to validate internal requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass JWT authentication by spoofing the Referer header to match the server's host. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to access the protected /api/runscript endpoint and execute arbitrary Node.js code on the server.
References
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