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CVE-2021-41106

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41106 describes a vulnerability in the lcobucci/jwt library affecting versions prior to 3.4.6, 4.0.4, and 4.1.5. When using HMAC-based algorithms with Lcobucci\JWT\Signer\Key\LocalFileReference, the library incorrectly used the file path instead of the file's contents as the hashing key, leading to improper token issuance and validation. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a limited impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lcobucci:jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lcobucci:jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lcobucci:jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 1,511 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: lcobucci/jwtFixed in: 3.4.6
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: lcobucci/jwtFixed in: 4.0.4
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: lcobucci/jwtFixed in: 4.1.5
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-7322-jrq4-x5hfmedium

File reference keys leads to incorrect hashes on HMAC algorithms

Sep 29, 2021

References

github.com / lcobucci/jwt/commit/8175de5b841fbe3fd97d2d49b3fc15c4ecb39a73
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / lcobucci/jwt/commit/c45bb8b961a8e742d8f6b88ef5ff1bd5cca5d01c
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / lcobucci/jwt/security/advisories/GHSA-7322-jrq4-x5hf
PatchThird Party Advisory