CVE-2022-23541 @ Npm-jsonwebtoken-8.5.1

[westonphillips]

Vulnerable Package issue exists @ Npm-jsonwebtoken-8.5.1 in branch main

jsonwebtoken is an implementation of JSON Web Tokens. Versions prior to 9.0.0 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.

Namespace: westonphillips
Repository: CheckmarxOnePOV
Repository Url: https://github.com/westonphillips/CheckmarxOnePOV
CxAST-Project: westonphillips/CheckmarxOnePOV
CxAST platform scan: 6a8170d0-38fa-4efc-81df-42628474102c
Branch: main
Application: CheckmarxOnePOV
Severity: HIGH
State: NOT_IGNORED
Status: RECURRENT
CWE: CWE-1259

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Additional Info
Attack vector: NETWORK
Attack complexity: LOW
Confidentiality impact: HIGH
Availability impact: HIGH
Remediation Upgrade Recommendation: 9.0.0

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