GO-2022-0402

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    GO-2022-0402

    Published: 1 Jul 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Panic in NATS JWT decoding in github.com/nats-io/jwt

    Details: A malicious account can create and sign a User JWT which causes a panic when decoded by the NATS JWT library.

    References: https://github.com/nats-io/jwt/pull/107, https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/CVE-2020-26521.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/nats-io/jwt

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/nats-io/jwt

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GO-2022-0402 | CVE-DB