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CVE-2016-10525
When attempting to allow authentication mode `try` in hapi, hapi-auth-jwt2 version 5.1.1 introduced an issue whereby people could bypass…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.5%
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- Updated
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- hackerone
Description
When attempting to allow authentication mode `try` in hapi, hapi-auth-jwt2 version 5.1.1 introduced an issue whereby people could bypass authentication.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Improper Authentication
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
HackerOne · hapi-auth-jwt2 node module
- affected 5.1.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmhapi-auth-jwt2GHSA-mg8r-9g6j-hwv9 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/81 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/dwyl/hapi-auth-jwt2/pull/112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/dwyl/hapi-auth-jwt2/issues/111 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mg8r-9g6j-hwv9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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