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CVE-2021-44878: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

January 8, 2022 (updated September 26, 2023)

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhw6-hjc9-679m
  • github.com/pac4j/pac4j/commit/09684e0de1c4753d22c53b8135d4ef61cfda76f7
  • github.com/pac4j/pac4j/commit/22b82ffd702a132d9f09da60362fc6264fc281ae
  • github.com/pac4j/pac4j/commit/9c87bbc536ed5d05f940ae015403120df2935589
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44878
  • openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html
  • www.pac4j.org/4.5.x/docs/release-notes.html
  • www.pac4j.org/blog/cve_2021_44878_is_this_serious.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.5.5, all versions starting from 5.0 before 5.3.1

Fixed versions

  • 4.5.5
  • 5.3.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.5.5, 5.3.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Source file

maven/org.pac4j/pac4j-oidc/CVE-2021-44878.yml

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