Insufficient Documentation of Error Handling Techniques Affecting github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 package, versions <4.5.1
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- published5 Nov 2024
- disclosed4 Nov 2024
- credityuligesec
Introduced: 4 Nov 2024
CVE-2024-51744 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 to version 4.5.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Documentation of Error Handling Techniques in the ParseWithClaims function. An attacker can exploit this to accept invalid tokens by only checking for specific errors and ignoring others.
Workaround
Users who are not able to upgrade to the fixed version should make sure that they are properly checking for all errors, see example_test.go