GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6

Aliases

CVE-2015-9235

Related

CGA-2gc5-c4jx-2jhj

Published

2018-10-09T00:38:30Z

Modified

2026-02-04T02:13:53.680951Z

Summary

Verification Bypass in jsonwebtoken

Details

Versions 4.2.1 and earlier of jsonwebtoken are affected by a verification bypass vulnerability. This is a result of weak validation of the JWT algorithm type, occuring when an attacker is allowed to arbitrarily specify the JWT algorithm.

Recommendation

Update to version 4.2.2 or later.

Database specific

{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:30:27Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "nvd_published_at": null
}

References

Affected packages

npm / jsonwebtoken

Package

Name: jsonwebtoken; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/jsonwebtoken

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.2.2

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6.json"