CVE-2015-9235 – jsonwebtoken

Package

Manager: npm
Name: jsonwebtoken
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <4.2.2

Severity

Level: Critical

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.41149 pctl0.97302

Details

Verification Bypass in jsonwebtoken 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.

Metadata

Created: 2018-10-09T00:38:30Z
Modified: 2020-08-31T18:07:57Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6/GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-20"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6
Finding: F184
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