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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2022-23540 EUVD-2022-7728GHSA-qwph-4952-7xr6

jsonwebtoken vulnerable to signature validation bypass due to insecure default algorithm in jwt.verify()

Published Dec 22, 2022 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

In versions `<=8.5.1` of `jsonwebtoken` library, lack of algorithm definition in the `jwt.verify()` function can lead to signature validation bypass due to defaulting to the `none` algorithm for signature verification. Users are affected if you do not specify algorithms in the `jwt.verify()` function. This issue has been fixed, please update to version 9.0.0 which removes the default support for the none algorithm in the `jwt.verify()` method. There will be no impact, if you update to version 9.0.0 and you don’t need to allow for the `none` algorithm. If you need 'none' algorithm, you have to explicitly specify that in `jwt.verify()` options.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
auth0 node-jsonwebtoken <= 8.5.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm jsonwebtoken < 9.0.0 9.0.0 GHSA-qwph-4952-7xr6

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