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Medium · 4.4 CVE-2026-41164 EUVD-2026-31940GHSA-9hmg-827w-9rhjGO-2026-5291

nuts-node: JWT type confusion in v1 access token introspection allows VP replay as access token

Published May 26, 2026 · Updated May 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

nuts-node is the reference implementation of the Nuts specification. Prior to 6.2.3 and 5.4.31, the v1 access token introspection endpoint (/auth/v1/introspect_access_token) accepts any JWT signed by a key present on the node, without validating the JWT type, issuer-to-key binding, or required claims. This allows a Verifiable Presentation (VP) JWT to be replayed as an access token and receive an active: true introspection response. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.2.3 and 5.4.31.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nuts-foundation nuts-node >= 6.0.0-alpha.1, < 6.2.3, < 5.4.31 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node <= 1.1.0 — GHSA-9hmg-827w-9rhj
Go github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node all versions — GO-2026-5291

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