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SCA: security update for express-jwt (GHSA-6g6m-m6h5-w9gf)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411425

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In express-jwt (NPM package) up and including version 5.3.3, the algorithms entry to be specified in the
 configuration is not being enforced. When algorithms is not specified in the configuration, with the
 combination of jwks-rsa, it may lead to authorization bypass. You are affected by this vulnerability if
 all of the following conditions apply: - You are using express-jwt - You do not have **algorithms**
 configured in your express-jwt configuration. - You are using libraries such as jwks-rsa as the
 **secret**. You can fix this by specifying **algorithms** in the express-jwt configuration. See linked
 GHSA for example. This is also fixed in version 6.0.0. (CVE-2020-15084)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g6m-m6h5-w9gf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 411425

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 11/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15084

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15084