CVE-2026-35042

high

Description

fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. In 6.1.0 and earlier, fast-jwt does not validate the crit (Critical) Header Parameter defined in RFC 7515 §4.1.11. When a JWS token contains a crit array listing extensions that fast-jwt does not understand, the library accepts the token instead of rejecting it. This violates the MUST requirement in the RFC.

References

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7515.html#section-4.1.11

https://github.com/nearform/fast-jwt/security/advisories/GHSA-hm7r-c7qw-ghp6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-06

Updated: 2026-04-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00014