CVE-2023-48223: medium-severity vulnerability in nearform fast-jwt
fast-jwt JWT Algorithm Confusion
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.9epss 0.7%
fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. Prior to version 3.3.2, the fast-jwt library does not properly prevent JWT algorithm confusion for all public key types. The 'publicKeyPemMatcher' in 'fast-jwt/src/crypto.js' does not properly match all common PEM formats for public keys. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker needs to craft a malicious JWT token containing the HS256 algorithm, signed with the public RSA key of the victim application. This attack will only work if the victim application utilizes a public key containing the `BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY` header. Applications using the RS256 algorithm, a public key with a `BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY` header, and calling the verify function without explicitly providing an algorithm, are vulnerable to this algorithm confusion attack which allows attackers to sign arbitrary payloads which will be accepted by the verifier. Version 3.3.2 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, change line 29 of `blob/master/src/crypto.js` to include a regular expression.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
nearform · fast-jwtRelated CVEs — nearform fast-jwt
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2025-30144MEDIUMFast-JWT Improperly Validates iss ClaimsEPSS 0.6%CVE-2026-107723HIGHfast-jwt : Silent claim-validator bypass when JWT payload is a JSON arrayEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-35040MEDIUMfast-jwt: Stateful RegExp (/g or /y) causes non-deterministic allowed-claim validation (logical DoS)EPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-107722CRITICALfast-jwt: Incomplete patch of CVE-2026-34950: Non-whitespace key-prefix re-enables RSA→HS256 algorithm confusionEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-107721MEDIUMfast-jwt clockTolerance: Infinity silently bypasses both exp and nbf validation (and persists in the verifier cache)EPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-107720HIGHfast-jwt: createVerifier accepts unsigned JWTs when key is '' or null and algorithms is explicitly setEPSS 0.3%