CVE-2018-0114
A vulnerability in the Cisco node-jose open source library before 0.11.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to re-sign tokens…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 42.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco node-jose open source library before 0.11.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to re-sign tokens using a key that is embedded within the token. The vulnerability is due to node-jose following the JSON Web Signature (JWS) standard for JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). This standard specifies that a JSON Web Key (JWK) representing a public key can be embedded within the header of a JWS. This public key is then trusted for verification. An attacker could exploit this by forging valid JWS objects by removing the original signature, adding a new public key to the header, and then signing the object using the (attacker-owned) private key associated with the public key embedded in that JWS header.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Cisco node-jos < 0.11.0 - Re-sign Tokens (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44324webapps, multiplepublished 20 Mar 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 44324 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 38 days later
· 38 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 42.7% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Node-jose Library
- affected Node-jose Library
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmnode-joseGHSA-jfxm-w8g2-4rcv (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=56326 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/zi0Black/POC-CVE-2018-0114 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/cisco/node-jose/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44324 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 102445 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-4353 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jfxm-w8g2-4rcv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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