CVE-2015-9235

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: May 29, 2018
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Oct 29, 2017

Description

In jsonwebtoken node module before 4.2.2 it is possible for an attacker to bypass verification when a token digitally signed with an asymmetric key (RS/ES family) of algorithms but instead the attacker send a token digitally signed with a symmetric algorithm (HS* family).

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
jsonwebtoken node moduleHackerOne	<4.2.2Affected

References

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/17
https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/commit/1bb584bc382295eeb7ee8c4452a673a77a68b687
https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/
https://www.timmclean.net/2015/02/25/jwt-alg-none.html

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