Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting com.auth0:java-jwt package, versions [4.0.0,4.6.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMAUTH0-20937619
  • published14 Oct 2026
  • disclosed13 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-85473  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-755  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.auth0:java-jwt to version 4.6.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions via the token parsing process. An attacker can cause the service to terminate threads and degrade availability by submitting JWTs with timestamp claims containing out-of-range values.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1