CVE-2026-35041CWE-1333

ReDoS in fast-jwt when using RegExp in allowed* leading to CPU exhaustion during token verification

Medium · published April 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. From 5.0.0 to 6.2.0, a denial-of-service condition exists in fast-jwt when the allowedAud verification option is configured using a regular expression. Because the aud claim is attacker-controlled and the library evaluates it against the supplied RegExp, a crafted JWT can trigger catastrophic backtracking in the JavaScript regex engine, resulting in significant CPU consumption during verification. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.2.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00428 · 36.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Published
2026-04-09T14:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 APR 14:55Z
    ReDoS in fast-jwt when using RegExp in allowed* leading to CPU exhaustion during token verification
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