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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2022· Updated Apr 15, 2025

jsonwebtoken unrestricted key type could lead to legacy keys usage

CVE-2022-23539

Description

Versions <=8.5.1 of jsonwebtoken library could be misconfigured so that legacy, insecure key types are used for signature verification. For example, DSA keys could be used with the RS256 algorithm. You are affected if you are using an algorithm and a key type other than a combination listed in the GitHub Security Advisory as unaffected. This issue has been fixed, please update to version 9.0.0. This version validates for asymmetric key type and algorithm combinations. Please refer to the above mentioned algorithm / key type combinations for the valid secure configuration. After updating to version 9.0.0, if you still intend to continue with signing or verifying tokens using invalid key type/algorithm value combinations, you’ll need to set the allowInvalidAsymmetricKeyTypes option to true in the sign() and/or verify() functions.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
jsonwebtokennpm
< 9.0.09.0.0

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