01 Record
CVE-2021-22160
Authentication with JWT allows use of “none”-algorithm
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Authentication with JWT allows use of “none”-algorithm
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 52.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-05-26 12:22Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 18:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-05
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5b48ed827b3380287c2fc899fe9daab06b2ca43cf33c378e4016d2fde23c5281
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r347650d15a3e9c5f58b83e918b6ad6dedc2a63d3eb63da8e6a7be87e%40%3Cusers.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-dev] 20210527 Cutting 2.6.4 release to address CVE-2021-22160https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2e90942996dceebac8296abf39257cfeb5ae918f82f7af3d37a48c5%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-dev] 20210527 Re: [SECURITY] [CVE-2021-22160] Authentication with JWT allows use of "none"-algorithmhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra49cb62105154e4795b259c79a6b27d63bfa2ab5787ff8529b089550%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-users] 20210527 Re: [SECURITY] [CVE-2021-22160] Authentication with JWT allows use of "none"-algorithmhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra49cb62105154e4795b259c79a6b27d63bfa2ab5787ff8529b089550%40%3Cusers.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-dev] 20210527 Re: Cutting 2.6.4 release to address CVE-2021-22160https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8e545559781231a83bf0644548c660255859e52feb86bbfcd42590da%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.orgRe: [SECURITY] [CVE-2021-22160] Authentication with JWT allows use of “none”-algorithmhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a12b4da2f26ce9b8f7e7117a879efaa973dab7e54717bbc7923fab1%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-dev] 20210531 Re: [DISCUSS] Propose More Formal Policy for Security Patches and EOL of Versionshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe845aa1573a61769b9c5916c62971f4b10de87c2ea5f38a97f0cf84%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-dev] 20210604 Re: [DISCUSS] Propose More Formal Policy for Security Patches and EOL of Versionshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca54f4b26ba5e6f2e39732b47ec51640e89f57e3b6a38ac3bab314df%40%3Cdev.pulsar.apache.org%3E