GHSA-vgrx-w6rg-8fqf
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vgrx-w6rg-8fqf
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/11/GHSA-vgrx-w6rg-8fqf/GHSA-vgrx-w6rg-8fqf.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vgrx-w6rg-8fqf
- Aliases
- Published
- 2018-11-06T23:12:07Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-08T03:58:12.325695Z
- Summary
- Forgeable Public/Private Tokens in jwt-simple
- Details
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Affected versions of the
jwt-simplepackage allow users to select what algorithm the server will use to verify a provided JWT. A malicious actor can use this behaviour to arbitrarily modify the contents of a JWT while still passing verification. For the common use case of the JWT, the end result is a complete authentication bypass with minimal effort.Recommendation
Update to version 0.3.1 or later.
Additionally, be sure to always specify an algorithm in calls to
.decode(). - Database specific
{ "severity": "CRITICAL", "nvd_published_at": null, "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:57:45Z", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-20" ], "github_reviewed": true }- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10555
- https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/pull/14
- https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/pull/16
- https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/commit/957957cfa44474049b4603b293569588ee9ffd97
- https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/87
Affected packages
npm / jwt-simple
Package
- Name
- jwt-simple
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:npm/jwt-simple