CVE-2026-25537

jsonwebtoken is a JWT lib in rust. Prior to version 10.3.0, there is a Type Confusion vulnerability in jsonwebtoken, specifically, in its claim validation logic. When a standard claim (such as nbf or exp) is provided with an incorrect JSON type (Like a String instead of a Number), the library’s internal parsing mechanism marks the claim as “FailedToParse”. Crucially, the validation logic treats this “FailedToParse” state identically to “NotPresent”. This means that if a check is enabled (like: validate_nbf = true), but the claim is not explicitly marked as required in required_spec_claims, the library will skip the validation check entirely for the malformed claim, treating it as if it were not there. This allows attackers to bypass critical time-based security restrictions (like “Not Before” checks) and commit potential authentication and authorization bypasses. This issue has been patched in version 10.3.0.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:keats:jsonwebtoken:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

History

11 Feb 2026, 19:13

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/Keats/jsonwebtoken/commit/abbc3076742c4161347bc6b8bf4aa5eb86e1dc01 - () https://github.com/Keats/jsonwebtoken/commit/abbc3076742c4161347bc6b8bf4aa5eb86e1dc01 - Patch
References () https://github.com/Keats/jsonwebtoken/security/advisories/GHSA-h395-gr6q-cpjc - () https://github.com/Keats/jsonwebtoken/security/advisories/GHSA-h395-gr6q-cpjc - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
First Time Keats
Keats jsonwebtoken
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:keats:jsonwebtoken:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

05 Feb 2026, 21:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/Keats/jsonwebtoken/security/advisories/GHSA-h395-gr6q-cpjc - () https://github.com/Keats/jsonwebtoken/security/advisories/GHSA-h395-gr6q-cpjc -

04 Feb 2026, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-04 22:15

Updated : 2026-02-11 19:13


NVD link : CVE-2026-25537

Mitre link : CVE-2026-25537

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-25537


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Products Affected

keats

  • jsonwebtoken
CWE
CWE-843

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')