CVE-2025-53960

CVE-2025-53960: Apache StreamPark: Uses the user’s password as the secret key

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache StreamPark
Weakness CWE-1240
Published December 12, 2025
Last update December 16, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

Description

When issuing JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Apache StreamPark directly uses the user's password as the HMAC signing key (e.g., with the HS256 algorithm). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform offline brute-force attacks on the user's password using a captured JWT, or to arbitrarily forge identity tokens for the user if the password is already known, ultimately leading to complete account takeover. This issue affects Apache StreamPark: from 2.0.0 before 2.1.7. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.7, which fixes the issue.

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Disclosure timeline

December 12, 2025 CVE published
December 16, 2025 Record updated