Authorization Bypass Affecting express-jwt package, versions <6.0.0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.2% (59th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-EXPRESSJWT-575022
- published 1 Jul 2020
- disclosed 1 Jul 2020
- credit IST Group
Introduced: 1 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-15084 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade express-jwt to version 6.0.0 or higher.
Overview
express-jwt is a JWT authentication middleware.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass. The algorithms entry to be specified in the configuration is not being enforced. When algorithms is not specified in the configuration, with the combination of jwks-rsa, it may lead to authorization bypass.
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