Medium severity · published Nov 20, 2023
CVE-2023-48223
fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation
5.9
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. Prior to version 3.3.2, the fast-jwt library does not properly prevent JWT algorithm confusion for all public key types. The 'publicKeyPemMatcher' in 'fast-jwt/src/crypto.js' does not properly match all common PEM formats for public keys. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker needs to craft a malicious JWT token containing the HS256 algorithm, signed with the public RSA key of the victim application. This attack will only work if the victim application utilizes a public key containing the `BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY` header. Applications using the RS256 algorithm, a public key with a `BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY` header, and calling the verify function without explicitly providing an algorithm, are vulnerable to this algorithm confusion attack which allows attackers to sign arbitrary payloads which will be accepted by the verifier. Version 3.3.2 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, change line 29 of `blob/master/src/crypto.js` to include a regular expression.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FA
Fast-jwt · Nearform
before 3.3.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48223
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48223
Product
https://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/blob/master/src/crypto.js#L29
Release Notes
https://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/releases/tag/v3.3.2
Exploit
https://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/security/advisories/GHSA-c2ff-88x2-x9pg
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