GHSA-gjcw-v447-2w7qHighCVSS 8.7

Forgeable Public/Private Tokens in jws

Published
September 1, 2020
Last Modified
January 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Affected versions of the jws package 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 as a bearer token, the end result is a complete authentication bypass with minimal effort.

Recommendation

Update to version 3.0.0 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/jws:< 3.0.0

🔗 References (6)