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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2022-23529

Change History

CVE Modified by GitHub, Inc. 1/27/2023 5:15:08 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Removed CVSS V3.1
GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

								
						
Removed CVSS V3.1 Reason
A-No limiting factors

								
						
Removed CVSS V3.1 Reason
C-No limiting factors

								
						
Removed CVSS V3.1 Reason
PR-No privileges needed

								
						
Removed CWE
GitHub, Inc. CWE-20

								
						
Changed Description
node-jsonwebtoken is a JsonWebToken implementation for node.js. For versions `<= 8.5.1` of `jsonwebtoken` library, if a malicious actor has the ability to modify the key retrieval parameter (referring to the `secretOrPublicKey` argument from the readme link of the `jwt.verify()` function, they can write arbitrary files on the host machine. Users are affected only if untrusted entities are allowed to modify the key retrieval parameter of the `jwt.verify()` on a host that you control. This issue has been fixed, please update to version 9.0.0.
** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: The issue is not a vulnerability. Notes: none.
Removed Reference
https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/commit/e1fa9dcc12054a8681db4e6373da1b30cf7016e3 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]

								
						
Removed Reference
https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken/security/advisories/GHSA-27h2-hvpr-p74q [Third Party Advisory]