GMS-2015-5: JWT Verification bypass with "none" algorithm

March 31, 2015

It is possible for an attacker to create his own signed token with any payload he wants and have it considered valid using the “none” algorithm.

References

auth0.com/blog/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/
github.com/namshi/jose/commit/127b4415e66d89b1fcfb5a07933db0b5ff5cd636

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