GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet
GHSA-7fqc-p256-7pwj Steeltoe's static JWKS cache shared across schemes and never invalidated
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-50202
- Ecosystem
- NuGet
- Packages
- Steeltoe.Security.Authentication.JwtBearer, Steeltoe.Security.Authentication.OpenIdConnect, Steeltoe.Security.Authentication.CloudFoundryBase
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-668
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-02
Affected packages
• NuGet Steeltoe.Security.Authentication.JwtBearer: < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
• NuGet Steeltoe.Security.Authentication.OpenIdConnect: < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
• NuGet Steeltoe.Security.Authentication.CloudFoundryBase: < 3.4.0 → fixed in 3.4.0
Description
Summary
The JWT signing key cache in `TokenKeyResolver` uses `kid` as the sole cache key without namespacing by authority. In applications with multiple `JwtBearer` schemes pointing to different identity providers, a key fetched for one scheme can satisfy token validation for another. Additionally, cached keys have no expiration, so rotated or revoked keys remain trusted until the application process restarts.
Impact
In multi-scheme deployments, an attacker who controls one identity provider's signing key can forge tokens accepted by other schemes within the same application. For all applications using `TokenKeyResolver`, a signing key removed from the identity provider's JWKS endpoint remains trusted indefinitely.
Mitigations
If an immediate upgrade is not possible:
• In multi-scheme deployments, configure only one `JwtBearer` scheme per application when different identity providers are required.
• Restart the application process after an identity provider signing key rotation to clear stale cached keys.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-50202 Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness
References
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-7fqc-p256-7pwj web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50202 advisory
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/04db2ace3b806bfe0260bb7d4bda340f241eff48 web
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/17b27b8be546ae3f83a2f6e91d45e0c84c5314b7 web
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisories package