# CVE-2026-107724: fast-jwt treats raw public JWK JSON as an HMAC secret, enabling HS256 token forgery

- Also known as: GHSA-G3JJ-5CMM-3HXX
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.3.0
- Published: 2026-10-08 · Updated: 2026-10-09

## Affected

- nearform fast-jwt: from 6.2.4, fixed in 6.3.0
- fast-jwt (npm): from 6.2.4, fixed in 6.3.0

## Description

fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. In 6.2.4, fast-jwt can classify raw serialized public JWK or JWKS JSON as an HMAC secret because src/crypto.js performDetectPublicKeyAlgorithms treats non-PEM strings as symmetric key material. If HS256 is explicitly allowed or inferred, an attacker who knows the exact serialized public-key bytes can use those bytes as an HMAC key and create a token containing arbitrary claims that createVerifier accepts. Serialization ordering or whitespace differences can prevent exploitation, and applications using supported PEM keys with an asymmetric-only algorithm allowlist are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 6.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nearform fast-jwt, fast-jwt, upgrade to a fixed version (6.3.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/security/advisories/GHSA-g3jj-5cmm-3hxx
- https://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/pull/636
- https://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/commit/10f9591349199ed2ab9fa1748ce92cdca697f6cf
- https://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/releases/tag/v6.3.0

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