Vulnerability CVE-2016-10555


Published: 2018-05-31

Description:
Since "algorithm" isn't enforced in jwt.decode()in jwt-simple 0.3.0 and earlier, a malicious user could choose what algorithm is sent sent to the server. If the server is expecting RSA but is sent HMAC-SHA with RSA's public key, the server will think the public key is actually an HMAC private key. This could be used to forge any data an attacker wants.

Type:

CWE-310

(Cryptographic Issues)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Jwt-simple project -> Jwt-simple 

 References:
https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/
https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/pull/14
https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/pull/16
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/87

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