ghsa-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-09 00:38
Modified
2020-08-31 18:07
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.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "jsonwebtoken"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-9235"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:30:27Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "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.\n\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 4.2.2 or later.",
  "id": "GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6",
  "modified": "2020-08-31T18:07:57Z",
  "published": "2018-10-09T00:38:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9235"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/commit/1bb584bc382295eeb7ee8c4452a673a77a68b687"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/17"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.timmclean.net/2015/02/25/jwt-alg-none.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Verification Bypass in jsonwebtoken"
}


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