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    CVE-2021-44878

    If an OpenID Connect provider supports the "none" algorithm (i.e., tokens with no signature), pac4j v5.3.0 (and prior) does not refuse it without an explicit configuration on its side or for the "idtoken" response type which is not secure and violates the OpenID Core Specification. The "none" algorithm does not require any signature verification when validating the ID tokens, which allows the attacker to bypass the token validation by injecting a malformed ID token using "none" as the value of "alg" key in the header with an empty signature value.

    Published:Jan 6, 2022
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jan 6, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.00038
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Pac4j
    Product
    Pac4j

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-463 Padding Oracle Crypto Attack
    CAPEC-475 Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation

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