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Medium · 4.2 CVE-2026-35041 EUVD-2026-20899GHSA-cjw9-ghj4-fwxf

ReDoS in fast-jwt when using RegExp in allowed* leading to CPU exhaustion during token verification

Published Apr 9, 2026 · Updated Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. From 5.0.0 to 6.2.0, a denial-of-service condition exists in fast-jwt when the allowedAud verification option is configured using a regular expression. Because the aud claim is attacker-controlled and the library evaluates it against the supplied RegExp, a crafted JWT can trigger catastrophic backtracking in the JavaScript regex engine, resulting in significant CPU consumption during verification. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.2.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nearform fast-jwt >= 5.0.0, < 6.2.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm fast-jwt >= 5.0.0, < 6.2.1 6.2.1 GHSA-cjw9-ghj4-fwxf

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