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CVE-2021-44878
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-01-06T13:15:08.180 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:12:55.477

Summary

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.

Affected products

pac4j — pac4j

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References

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