CVE-2018-15801

Authorization Bypass During JWT Issuer Validation with spring-security

Published Dec 19, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 7.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Spring Security versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.2 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability during JWT issuer validation. In order to be impacted, the same private key for an honest issuer and a malicious user must be used when signing JWTs. In that case, a malicious user could fashion signed JWTs with the malicious issuer URL that may be granted for the honest issuer.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0791 Spring Security versions 5.1.x prior to 5.1.2 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability during JWT issuer validation. In order to be impacted, the same private key for an honest issuer and a malicious user must be used when signing JWTs. In that case, a malicious user could fashion signed JWTs with the malicious issuer URL that may be granted for the honest issuer.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-27xw-p8v6-9jjr Spring Security vulnerable to Authorization Bypass
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
dell
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 6:43 PM
Reserved
Aug 23, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 19, 2018, 10:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:43 AM