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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-107721 EUVD-2026-95345GHSA-687g-22h4-j4w4

fast-jwt clockTolerance: Infinity silently bypasses both exp and nbf validation (and persists in the verifier cache)

Published Oct 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. Prior to 6.3.0, fast-jwt createVerifier accepts Infinity for clockTolerance because its option validation checks type and negativity but not finiteness. In validateClaimDateValue, infinite positive and negative modifiers make exp and nbf comparisons always pass, allowing expired or not-yet-active tokens to be accepted. The verifier cache also derives infinite bounds, so entries created under this configuration can remain valid until eviction. Exploitation requires an application administrator or equivalent configuration path to set clockTolerance to Infinity. This issue is fixed in version 6.3.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nearform fast-jwt < 6.3.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm fast-jwt < 6.3.0 6.3.0 GHSA-687g-22h4-j4w4

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