CVE-2015-9235
Verification Bypass in jsonwebtoken
Summary
Verification Bypass in jsonwebtoken
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Affected packages
npm
jsonwebtoken
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.2"}]}]
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- web github.com
- web auth0.com
- web npmjs.com
- web timmclean.net