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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2022-23539 EUVD-2022-7563GHSA-8cf7-32gw-wr33

jsonwebtoken unrestricted key type could lead to legacy keys usage

Published Dec 22, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Versions `<=8.5.1` of `jsonwebtoken` library could be misconfigured so that legacy, insecure key types are used for signature verification. For example, DSA keys could be used with the RS256 algorithm. You are affected if you are using an algorithm and a key type other than a combination listed in the GitHub Security Advisory as unaffected. This issue has been fixed, please update to version 9.0.0. This version validates for asymmetric key type and algorithm combinations. Please refer to the above mentioned algorithm / key type combinations for the valid secure configuration. After updating to version 9.0.0, if you still intend to continue with signing or verifying tokens using invalid key type/algorithm value combinations, you’ll need to set the `allowInvalidAsymmetricKeyTypes` option to `true` in the `sign()` and/or `verify()` functions.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
auth0 node-jsonwebtoken <= 8.5.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm jsonwebtoken < 9.0.0 9.0.0 GHSA-8cf7-32gw-wr33

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