{
"id": "GHSA-gjcw-v447-2w7q",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-1000223"
],
"details": "Affected versions of the `jws` package allow users to select what algorithm the server will use to verify a provided JWT. A malicious actor can use this behaviour to arbitrarily modify the contents of a JWT while still passing verification. For the common use case of the JWT as a bearer token, the end result is a complete authentication bypass with minimal effort.\n\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 3.0.0 or later.",
"summary": "Forgeable Public/Private Tokens in jws",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.0.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "jws",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
}
],
"modified": "2021-09-23T21:25:33Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
}
],
"published": "2020-09-01T15:23:18Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000223",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/brianloveswords/node-jws/commit/585d0e1e97b6747c10cf5b7689ccc5618a89b299#diff-4ac32a78649ca5bdd8e0ba38b7006a1e",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/brianloveswords/node-jws",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jws:20160726",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/88",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T18:10:22Z"
}
}