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CVE-2022-31053 — Biscuit is an authentication and authorization token for microservices architect

Biscuit is an authentication and authorization token for microservices architectures. The Biscuit specification version 1 contains a vulnerable algorithm that allows malicious actors to forge valid Γ-signatures. Such an attack would allow an attacker to create a token with any ac

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS
0.23% (top 54.50%)
CWE
CWE-347
Published
2022-06-13T19:35:10.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-22T17:54:16.990Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

Biscuit is an authentication and authorization token for microservices architectures. The Biscuit specification version 1 contains a vulnerable algorithm that allows malicious actors to forge valid Γ-signatures. Such an attack would allow an attacker to create a token with any access level. The version 2 of the specification mandates a different algorithm than gamma signatures and as such is not…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
biscuit-authbiscuitbiscuit-auth >= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0, biscuit-haskell = 0.1.1.0, com.clever-cloud.biscuit-java < 2.0.0, github.com/biscuit-auth/biscuit-go < 2.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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