Description
LibJWT is a C JSON Web Token Library. From 3.0.0 to 3.3.2, libjwt accepts an RSA JWK that does not contain an alg parameter as the verification key for an HS256/HS384/HS512 token. In the OpenSSL backend, this causes HMAC verification to run with a zero-length key, so an attacker can forge a valid JWT without knowing any secret or RSA private key. This is an algorithm-confusion authentication bypass. It affects applications that load RSA keys from JWKS where alg is omitted, which is valid JWK syntax and common in real deployments, and then choose the verification algorithm from the JWT header, for example in a kid lookup callback. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.3.
Problem types
CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Product status
References
github.com/...libjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-q843-6q5f-w55g
github.com/...libjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-q843-6q5f-w55g