CVE-2025-65945

auth0/node-jws improper HMAC signature verification vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Dec 4, 2025
Updated
Dec 5, 2025
Reserved
Nov 18, 2025

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Description

auth0/node-jws is a JSON Web Signature implementation for Node.js. In versions 3.2.2 and earlier and version 4.0.0, auth0/node-jws has an improper signature verification vulnerability when using the HS256 algorithm under specific conditions. Applications are affected when they use the jws.createVerify() function for HMAC algorithms and use user-provided data from the JSON Web Signature protected header or payload in HMAC secret lookup routines, which can allow attackers to bypass signature verification. This issue has been patched in versions 3.2.3 and 4.0.1.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Affected Products

ProductVersions
node-jwsauth0
  • < 3.2.3Affected
  • >= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.1Affected

References

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