# CVE-2020-26160: jwt-go before 4.0.0-preview1 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in situations with \[\]string{} for m\["aud"\] (which is al

- Also known as: GHSA-W73W-5M7G-F7QC, GO-2020-0017, SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMDGRIJALVAJWTGO-596515
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 4.0.0-preview1
- Published: 2020-09-30 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go (Go): from 0.0.0-20150717181359-44718f8a89b0, through 3.2.0
- github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/v4 (Go): fixed in 4.0.0-preview1
- github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go (Go): from 0.0.0-20150717181359-44718f8a89b0

## Description

jwt-go before 4.0.0-preview1 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in situations with []string{} for m["aud"] (which is allowed by the specification). Because the type assertion fails, "" is the value of aud. This is a security problem if the JWT token is presented to a service that lacks its own audience check.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go, github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/v4, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.0-preview1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/pull/426
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMDGRIJALVAJWTGO-596515
- https://github.com/mlbrilliance/aurora-demo-lockfile

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