# CVE-2026-34240: jose vulnerable to untrusted JWK header key acceptance during signature verification

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.5+1
- Published: 2026-03-31 · Updated: 2026-04-01

## Affected

- appsup-dart jose: fixed in 0.3.5+1

## Description

JOSE is a Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) library. Prior to version 0.3.5+1, a vulnerability in jose could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to forge valid JWS/JWT tokens by using a key embedded in the JOSE header (jwk). The vulnerability exists because key selection could treat header-provided jwk as a verification candidate even when that key was not present in the trusted key store. Since JOSE headers are untrusted input, an attacker could exploit this by creating a token payload, embedding an attacker-controlled public key in the header, and signing with the matching private key. Applications using affected versions for token verification are impacted. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.5+1. A workaround for this issue involves rejecting tokens where header jwk is present unless that jwk matches a key already present in the application's trusted key store.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on appsup-dart jose, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.5+1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/appsup-dart/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-vm9r-h74p-hg97
- https://github.com/appsup-dart/jose/commit/b07799aac1f56a9a21483feac026272aab30cc5d

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