7.5 HIGH
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
- Attack complexity (AC): LOW
- Privileges required (PR): NONE
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
- Integrity impact (I): HIGH
- Availability impact (A): NONE
jose vulnerable to untrusted JWK header key acceptance during signature verification
JOSE is a Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) library. Prior to version 0.3.5+1, a vulnerability in jose could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to forge valid JWS/JWT tokens by using a key embedded in the JOSE header (jwk). The vulnerability exists because key selection could treat header-provided jwk as a verification candidate even when that key was not present in the trusted key store. Since JOSE headers are untrusted input, an attacker could exploit this by creating a token payload, embedding an attacker-controlled public key in the header, and signing with the matching private key. Applications using affected versions for token verification are impacted. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.5+1. A workaround for this issue involves rejecting tokens where header jwk is present unless that jwk matches a key already present in the application's trusted key store.
References
Affected products
- ==< 0.3.5+1
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.jose
C-language implementation of Javascript Object Signing and Encryption
pkgs.cjose
C library for Javascript Object Signing and Encryption. This is a maintained fork of the original project
pkgs.ocamlPackages.jose
JOSE specification implementation in OCaml
pkgs.haskellPackages.jose
JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Token (JWT) library
pkgs.haskellPackages.jose-jwt
JSON Object Signing and Encryption Library
pkgs.python312Packages.josepy
JOSE protocol implementation in Python
pkgs.python313Packages.djoser
REST implementation of Django authentication system
pkgs.python313Packages.josepy
JOSE protocol implementation in Python
pkgs.python314Packages.djoser
REST implementation of Django authentication system
pkgs.python314Packages.josepy
JOSE protocol implementation in Python
pkgs.ocamlPackages_latest.jose
JOSE specification implementation in OCaml
pkgs.python312Packages.joserfc
Implementations of JOSE RFCs in Python
pkgs.python313Packages.joserfc
Implementations of JOSE RFCs in Python
pkgs.python314Packages.joserfc
Implementations of JOSE RFCs in Python
pkgs.python312Packages.python-jose
JOSE implementation in Python
pkgs.python313Packages.python-jose
JOSE implementation in Python
pkgs.python314Packages.python-jose
JOSE implementation in Python
pkgs.home-assistant-custom-components.calendar_export
Export calendar events in the iCalendar format
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nixos-unstable 0.1.0-unstable-2025-12-13
- nixpkgs-unstable 0.1.0-unstable-2025-12-13
- nixos-unstable-small 0.1.0-unstable-2025-12-13
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nixos-25.11 0.1.0-unstable-2025-12-13
- nixos-25.11-small 0.1.0-unstable-2025-12-13
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin 0.1.0-unstable-2025-12-13
Package maintainers
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@midchildan midchildan <git@midchildan.org>
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@mweinelt Martin Weinelt <hexa@darmstadt.ccc.de>
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@dotlambda ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 <nix@dotlambda.de>
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@marijanp Marijan Petričević <marijan.petricevic94@gmail.com>
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@ulrikstrid Ulrik Strid <ulrik.strid@outlook.com>
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@toastal toastal <toastal+nix@posteo.net>
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@m04f Mostafa Khaled <mostafa.khaled.5422@gmail.com>