Security context

What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.

brianloveswords/node-jwa

              master @ 1b54a3b
            

Fixes

CVEs

HIGH

Peak severity

Highlights

Auth Bypass: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.

index.js: most-fixed (2 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.

1 high-severity fix in this history; regressions here are high-impact.

Recurring patterns

The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.

Auth Bypass: Inconsistent casing matching during algorithm validation can allow attackers to bypass signature verification entirely by providing alternate-cased algorithm names (such as 'none' variations), leading to authentication bypass.

Cryptographic Issues: Failing to explicitly set standard-compliant salt lengths for RSASSA-PSS operations can lead to non-compliant or weaker signature validation and generation, violating RFC 7518 mandates.