Medium severity · published Dec 22, 2022
CVE-2022-23541
jsonwebtoken's insecure implementation of key retrieval function could lead to Forgeable Public/Private Tokens from RSA to HMAC
6.3
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
jsonwebtoken is an implementation of JSON Web Tokens. Versions `<= 8.5.1` of `jsonwebtoken` library can be misconfigured so that passing a poorly implemented key retrieval function referring to the `secretOrPublicKey` argument from the readme link will result in incorrect verification of tokens. There is a possibility of using a different algorithm and key combination in verification, other than the one that was used to sign the tokens. Specifically, tokens signed with an asymmetric public key could be verified with a symmetric HS256 algorithm. This can lead to successful validation of forged tokens. If your application is supporting usage of both symmetric key and asymmetric key in jwt.verify() implementation with the same key retrieval function. This issue has been patched, please update to version 9.0.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
node-jsonwebtoken · auth0
<= 8.5.1 · source: vendor
JS
Jsonwebtoken · Auth0
through 8.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23541
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23541
Patch
https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/commit/e1fa9dcc12054a8681db4e6373da1b30cf7016e3
Release Notes
https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/releases/tag/v9.0.0
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/security/advisories/GHSA-hjrf-2m68-5959
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
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