CVE-2015-9235

Summary

CVECVE-2015-9235
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-29 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn jsonwebtoken node module before 4.2.2 it is possible for an attacker to bypass verification when a token digitally signed with an asymmetric key (RS/ES family) of algorithms but instead the attacker send a token digitally signed with a symmetric algorithm (HS* family).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-327

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Auth0 Jsonwebtoken All All All All
Application Auth0 Jsonwebtoken All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Critical vulnerabilities in JSON Web Token libraries MISC www.timmclean.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Critical vulnerabilities in JSON Web Token libraries MISC auth0.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Verification with an asymmetric key of a token signed with a symmetri… · auth0/node-jsonwebtoken@1bb584b · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Overview MISC nodesecurity.io Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983931 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for jsonwebtoken (GHSA-c7hr-j4mj-j2w6)
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