CVE-2026-57997

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Publication date:

29/06/2026

Last modified:

01/07/2026

Description

Strapi users-permissions plugin fails to restrict JWT algorithms when plugin::users-permissions.jwt.algorithm is not explicitly configured, allowing acceptance of HS384 and HS512 tokens alongside HS256. Attackers possessing the jwtSecret can mint tokens with non-standard HMAC variants to bypass algorithm restrictions and weaken authentication controls.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): Low
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

6.30

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.80 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None