01 Record
CVE-2026-107724
fast-jwt treats raw public JWK JSON as an HMAC secret, enabling HS256 token forgery
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
fast-jwt treats raw public JWK JSON as an HMAC secret, enabling HS256 token forgery
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 20.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-09.
- 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
- 2026-10-08 21:53Z20 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-09 15:51Z19 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 9503f62627b58f3282223f9f703dffa601e9eb0de76321054a18b8e0397e2e29
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/security/advisories/GHSA-g3jj-5cmm-3hxx
- github.comhttps://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/pull/636
- github.comhttps://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/commit/10f9591349199ed2ab9fa1748ce92cdca697f6cf
- github.comhttps://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/releases/tag/v6.3.0