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CVE-2018-0114

7.5
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
84.69%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)

A vulnerability in the Cisco node-jose open source library before 0.11.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to re-sign tokens using a key that is embedded within the token. The vulnerability is due to node-jose following the JSON Web Signature (JWS) standard for JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). This standard specifies that a JSON Web Key (JWK) representing a public key can be embedded within the header of a JWS. This public key is then trusted for verification. An attacker could exploit this by forging valid JWS objects by removing the original signature, adding a new public key to the header, and then signing the object using the (attacker-owned) private key associated with the public key embedded in that JWS header.

Published: 1/4/2018
Modified: 11/21/2024
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

84.69%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 84.69% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

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