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CVE-2018-1000539

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.8%

Medium (5.3) in json-jwt project json-jwt. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in json-jwt 1.9.4.

Nov json-jwt version >= 0.5.0 && < 1.9.4 contains a CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in Decryption of AES-GCM encrypted JSON Web Tokens that can result in Attacker can forge a authentication tag. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.9.4 and later.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.3 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 55% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-347
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-mj4x-wcxf-hm8xRubyGemsjson-jwt>=0.5.1 <1.9.41.9.4

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