CVE-2021-44878

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 6, 2022 at 12:52 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPAC4J

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.5.55.0.0 ≤ v < 5.3.1
Affected range stops below 4.5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-347

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