HIGH
Forgeable Public/Private Tokens in jws
Published Sep 1, 2020
8.7
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.80%
Description
Forgeable Public/Private Tokens in jws
Affected products
No data.
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
jws
npm
Introduced 0 Fixed 3.0.0
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | jws | 0 | 3.0.0 |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
8.7 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.80% 0.01798
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Jun 12, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01798
Score over time
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Percentile over time
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Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gjcw-v447-2w7q Advisory
- https://github.com/brianloveswords/node-jws/commit/585d0e1e97b6747c10cf5b7689ccc5618a89b299#diff-4ac32a78649ca5bdd8e0ba38b7006a1e
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000223
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jws:20160726
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/88
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status n/a
Assigner n/a
Published Sep 1, 2020
Updated n/a
Reserved n/a
Link CVE-2016-1000223
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-GJCW-V447-2W7Q Updated n/a