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CVE-2026-35042GHSA-HM7R-C7QW-GHP6

fast-jwt accepts unknown `crit` header extensions (RFC 7515 §4.1.11 MUST violation)

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  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. In 6.1.0 and earlier, fast-jwt does not validate the crit (Critical) Header Parameter defined in RFC 7515 §4.1.11. When a JWS token contains a crit array listing extensions that fast-jwt does not understand, the library accepts the token instead of rejecting it. This violates the MUST requirement in the RFC.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • nearform fast-jwt

    through 6.1.0

  • fast-jwtnpm

    through 6.1.0

References 2

GitHub · nearform/fast-jwt

rfc-editor.org