CVE-2026-44720

OpenLearnX: Critical Authentication Bypass via JWT Signature Verification Disabled Leading to Account Takeover

State: Published
Severity: 6.9 Medium
Published: May 27, 2026
Updated: Jun 2, 2026
Reserved: May 7, 2026

Description

OpenLearnX is an open-source, decentralized learning and assessment platform. Prior to 2.0.4, a critical authentication vulnerability was identified in OpenLearnX that could allow unauthorized access to user accounts under specific conditions. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.4.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.9 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenLearnXth30d4y	< 2.0.4Affected

References

https://github.com/th30d4y/OpenLearnX/security/advisories/GHSA-223g-f5mq-gw33

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