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CVE-2020-26160

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-26160 is a bypass vulnerability affecting jwt-go versions prior to 4.0.0-preview1. It allows attackers to circumvent access restrictions when the "aud" (audience) claim in a JWT token is an empty string array, leading to an empty string value for "aud" if a service doesn't perform its own audience validation. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for high confidentiality impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jwt-go_project:jwt-go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0216 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (91)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/v4Fixed in: 4.0.0-preview1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19210-17084Fixed in: 1.2.0-15
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 1.2.0-15
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 dcos-cli 1.2.0-15 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 1.2.0-15
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 1.2.0-15
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 dcos-cli 1.2.0-18 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 1.2.0-15
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17586-17084Fixed in: 1.2.0-15
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtbroker-filter-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtbroker-ingress-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtchannel-broker-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtping-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-storage-version-migration-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-sugar-controller-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-webhook-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/ingress-rhel8-operator:1.13.0-6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/knative-rhel8-operator:1.13.0-6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/kn-cli-artifacts-rhel8:0.19.1-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/kourier-control-rhel8:0.19.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serverless-operator-bundle:1.13.0-9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serverless-rhel8-operator:1.13.0-6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-activator-rhel8:0.19.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-autoscaler-hpa-rhel8:0.19.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-autoscaler-rhel8:0.19.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-controller-rhel8:0.19.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-domain-mapping-rhel8:0.19.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-domain-mapping-webhook-rhel8:0.19.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-queue-rhel8:0.19.0-6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-storage-version-migration-rhel8:0.19.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-webhook-rhel8:0.19.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/svls-must-gather-rhel8:1.13.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7Fixed in: openshift4/ose-azure-machine-controllers:v4.7.0-202102130115.p0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8Fixed in: openshift4/ose-baremetal-installer-rhel8:v4.8.0-202106291913.p0.git.a5ddd2d.assembly.stream
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.7.0 on RHEL-8Fixed in: ocs4/mcg-rhel8-operator:5.7.0-69.85e2026.5.7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.7.0 on RHEL-8Fixed in: mcg-0:5.7.0-69.85e2026.5.7.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.8Fixed in: openshift4/ose-etcd:v4.8.0-202106152230.p0.git.aefa6bf.assembly.stream
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Fixed in: cryostat-20-tech-preview/cryostat-operator-bundle:2.0.0-6.1639085863
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8Fixed in: cryostat-20-tech-preview/cryostat-rhel8-operator:2.0.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/client-kn-rhel8:0.19.1-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-apiserver-receive-adapter-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-controller-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-in-memory-channel-controller-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.13Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-in-memory-channel-dispatcher-rhel8:0.19.2-3
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redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-logging-operator
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-oauth-apiserver-rhel9
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2Fixed in: hyperconverged-cluster-operator
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2Fixed in: node-maintenance-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-service-idler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift3/ose-service-catalog
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-ansible-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cli
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cli-artifacts-rhel9
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-autoscaler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-image-registry-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-cluster-ingress-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 1Fixed in: servicemesh-prometheus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-coredns
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-deployer
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-descheduler
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-docker-registry-rhel9
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-elasticsearch-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-helm-rhel9-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-hyperkube
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-installer
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-kube-state-metrics-rhel9
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-ansible-operator
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-helm-container-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-reporting-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 1Fixed in: servicemesh-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-openshift-apiserver-rhel8
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-openshift-state-metrics-rhel8
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-operator-lifecycle-manager
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-operator-marketplace-rhel9
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-prometheus-rhel9
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-ptp-operator
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-service-catalog
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-sriov-network-config-daemon
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-sriov-network-operator
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-sriov-network-webhook
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-tools-rhel9
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 1Fixed in: servicemesh
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2Fixed in: kubemacpool
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2Fixed in: kubernetes-nmstate-handler
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Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 1Fixed in: kiali
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Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay-bridge-operator
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Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay-setup-operator
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Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: etcd
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Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: heketi
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Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: multi-cloud-object-gateway-cli
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift
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Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: atomic-openshift-cluster-autoscaler

Vendor Advisories (4)

microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2020-26160

CVE-2020-26160

Sep 10, 2024
goGHSA-w73w-5m7g-f7qchigh

Authorization bypass in github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go

May 18, 2021
redhatCVE-2020-26160Moderate

jwt-go: access restriction bypass vulnerability

Sep 15, 2020
microsoft2020-Sep/CVE-2020-26160Important

jwt-go before 4.0.0-preview1 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in situations with []string{} for m["aud"] (which is allowed by the specification). Because the type assertion fails "" is the value of aud. This is a security problem if the JWT token is presented to a service that lacks its own audience check.

Sep 8, 2020

References

github.com / dgrijalva/jwt-go/pull/426
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMDGRIJALVAJWTGO-596515
Third Party Advisory