cvelist/2016/10xxx/CVE-2016-10555.json

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      "ASSIGNER" : "support@hackerone.com",
      "DATE_PUBLIC" : "2018-04-26T00:00:00",
      "ID" : "CVE-2016-10555",
      "STATE" : "PUBLIC"
   },
   "affects" : {
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                        "product_name" : "jwt-simple node module",
                        "version" : {
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                                 "version_value" : "<=0.3.0"
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               "vendor_name" : "HackerOne"
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   "data_format" : "MITRE",
   "data_type" : "CVE",
   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
      "description_data" : [
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            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "Since \"algorithm\" isn't enforced in jwt.decode()in jwt-simple 0.3.0 and earlier, a malicious user could choose what algorithm is sent sent to the server. If the server is expecting RSA but is sent HMAC-SHA with RSA's public key, the server will think the public key is actually an HMAC private key. This could be used to forge any data an attacker wants."
         }
      ]
   },
   "problemtype" : {
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         {
            "description" : [
               {
                  "lang" : "eng",
                  "value" : "Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)"
               }
            ]
         }
      ]
   },
   "references" : {
      "reference_data" : [
         {
            "name" : "https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/"
         },
         {
            "name" : "https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/pull/14",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/pull/14"
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         {
            "name" : "https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/pull/16",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/pull/16"
         },
         {
            "name" : "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/87",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/87"
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