GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-7322-jrq4-x5hf File reference keys leads to incorrect hashes on HMAC algorithms

MEDIUM Published 2021-09-29 Modified 2021-09-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-41106
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
lcobucci/jwt
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-345
Reviewed
2021-09-28

Affected packages

• Packagist lcobucci/jwt: >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.6 → fixed in 3.4.6 • Packagist lcobucci/jwt: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.4 → fixed in 4.0.4 • Packagist lcobucci/jwt: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.5 → fixed in 4.1.5

Description

Impact Users of HMAC-based algorithms (HS256, HS384, and HS512) combined with `Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Key\LocalFileReference` as key are having their tokens issued/validated using the file path as hashing key - instead of the contents. The HMAC hashing functions take any string as input and, since users can issue and validate tokens, people are lead to believe that everything works properly. Patches All versions have been patched to always load the file contents, deprecated the `Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Key\LocalFileReference`, and suggest `Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Key\InMemory` as the alternative. Workarounds Use `Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Key\InMemory` instead of `Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Key\LocalFileReference` to create the instances of your keys: ```diff -use Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Key\LocalFileReference; +use Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Key\InMemory; -$key = LocalFileReference::file(__DIR__ . '/public-key.pem'); +$key = InMemory::file(__DIR__ . '/public-key.pem'); ```

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-41106 JWT is a library to work with JSON Web Token and JSON Web Signature. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness

References