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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-35042 EUVD-2026-19382GHSA-hm7r-c7qw-ghp6

fast-jwt accepts unknown `crit` header extensions (RFC 7515 §4.1.11 MUST violation)

Published Apr 6, 2026 · Updated Apr 7, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. In 6.1.0 and earlier, fast-jwt does not validate the crit (Critical) Header Parameter defined in RFC 7515 §4.1.11. When a JWS token contains a crit array listing extensions that fast-jwt does not understand, the library accepts the token instead of rejecting it. This violates the MUST requirement in the RFC.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nearform fast-jwt <= 6.1.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm fast-jwt <= 6.1.0 — GHSA-hm7r-c7qw-ghp6

References