CVE-2020-36255 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in IdentityModel (aka ScottBrady.IdentityModel) before 1.3.0. The Branca implementation allows an attacker to modify and forge authentication tokens.

Published: 2021-03-05

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:identitymodel_project:identitymodel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-23798	An issue was discovered in IdentityModel (aka ScottBrady.IdentityModel) before 1.3.0. The Branca implementation allows an attacker to modify and forge authentication tokens.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0027.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/scottbrady91/IdentityModel/compare/1.2.0...1.3.0
https://github.com/scottbrady91/IdentityModel/issues/3
https://github.com/scottbrady91/IdentityModel/issues/4

History

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Subscriptions

Identitymodel Project Identitymodel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-03-05T02:06:10.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:23:09.872Z

Reserved: 2021-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36255

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-05T03:15:12.510

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:15:13.467

Link: CVE-2020-36255

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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