# CVE-2026-110024: @fastify/jwt vulnerable to missing token expiration when per-call options drop global defaults

- Also known as: GHSA-F5GH-84PJ-V2PG
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.2.5
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-20

## Affected

- @fastify/jwt: fixed in 10.2.5

## Description

@fastify/jwt is a JWT utility plugin for Fastify. In versions prior to 10.2.5, the top-level sign and verify methods replace the globally configured defaults with the per-call options instead of merging them, so passing any per-call option silently drops every global default that the call does not restate, including temporal protections such as token expiration and maximum accepted token age. A token signed this way carries no expiration claim and never expires, and verification stops enforcing a configured maximum age, so stale or never-expiring tokens are accepted. The route-level decorators for signing and verifying already merge options and are not affected. The issue is fixed in @fastify/jwt 10.2.5, and users should upgrade to 10.2.5 or later.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on @fastify/jwt, upgrade to a fixed version (10.2.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/fastify/fastify-jwt/security/advisories/GHSA-f5gh-84pj-v2pg
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html

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