CVE-2022-23541 (Medium) detected in jsonwebtoken-7.4.3.tgz - autoclosed

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CVE-2022-23541 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jsonwebtoken-7.4.3.tgz

JSON Web Token implementation (symmetric and asymmetric)

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonwebtoken/-/jsonwebtoken-7.4.3.tgz

Path to dependency file: /core/jazz_cognito-admin-authorizer/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /core/jazz_cognito-admin-authorizer/node_modules/jsonwebtoken/package.json,/core/jazz_cognito-authorizer/node_modules/jsonwebtoken/package.json,/core/jazz_token-authorizer/node_modules/jsonwebtoken/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ jsonwebtoken-7.4.3.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 712665b267203375ee4b15e1f8d1ebe08abc1547

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

jsonwebtoken is an implementation of JSON Web Tokens. Versions <= 8.5.1 of jsonwebtoken library can be misconfigured so that passing a poorly implemented key retrieval function referring to the secretOrPublicKey argument from the readme link will result in incorrect verification of tokens. There is a possibility of using a different algorithm and key combination in verification, other than the one that was used to sign the tokens. Specifically, tokens signed with an asymmetric public key could be verified with a symmetric HS256 algorithm. This can lead to successful validation of forged tokens. If your application is supporting usage of both symmetric key and asymmetric key in jwt.verify() implementation with the same key retrieval function. This issue has been patched, please update to version 9.0.0.

Publish Date: 2022-12-22

URL: CVE-2022-23541

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-hjrf-2m68-5959

Release Date: 2022-12-22

Fix Resolution: 9.0.0

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ℹ️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because it is a duplicate of an existing issue: #396