AstrBot is vulnerable to RCE with hard-coded JWT signing keys
CVE-2025-55449 · GHSA-4m32-cjv7-f425 · PYSEC-2026-285 · published 14 Nov 2025
How serious is it
- Severity: critical, CVSS score 9.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2025-55449?
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Who is affected
astrbot(PyPI) < 3.5.18
How to check
- Run
pip show astrbotin your project to see the installed version, including copies pulled in by other packages. - Or paste your lockfile into the checker: it lists every package with a known vulnerability, this one included.
- Or run
npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000in your project folder. It reads your lockfile and flags this vulnerability along with every other known one.
How to fix
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- Upgrade
astrbotto 3.5.18 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy. - If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
### Summary
AstrBot uses a hard-coded JWT signing key, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands by installing a malicious plugin.
### Details
AstrBot uses a [hard-coded JWT signing key](https://github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot/blob/v3.5.16/astrbot/core/__init__.py), which allows attackers to bypass the authentication mechanism. Once bypassed, the attacker can install a Python plugin that will be imported [here](https://github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot/blob/master/astrbot/dashboard/routes/plugin.py), enabling arbitrary command execution on the target host.
### Impact
All publicly accessible AstrBot instances are vulnerable.
For more information, please see: [CVE-2025-55449-AstrBot-RCE](https://github.com/Marven11/CVE-2025-55449-AstrBot-RCE)
### Patch
This vulnerability was first reported on **2025-06-21** and was patched on the **same day** (2025-06-21).
The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on **2025-11-14**. Prior to public disclosure, monitoring from AstrBot Cloud indicated that fewer than 2% of deployed instances were still running the affected version. Therefore, this disclosure is not expected to have a significant impact on existing active instances.
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References
- github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot/security/advisories/GHSA-4m32-cjv7-f425
- github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot/commit/d03e9fb90a0921a1bd10cf480bdacc9aaa246472
- github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot/releases/tag/v3.5.18
- github.com/Marven11/CVE-2025-55449-AstrBot-RCE
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55449
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/astrbot/PYSEC-2026-285.yaml
- pypi.org/project/astrbot
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-4m32-cjv7-f425
- github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot
Merged from GitHub Advisory Database, OSV. Last updated 28 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON