Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-19194

CAP JWT claims validation bypass using non-canonical claim names

publishedCWE-178

The HashiCorp cap JWT validation library before version 0.14.0 is vulnerable to a claims validation bypass that may cause downstream applications to make authorization decisions using claim values different from those validated. Exploitation requires attacker-controlled claims in a JWT signed by a key trusted by the application. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-19194) is fixed in cap 0.14.0.

Technical severity5.9 mediumCVSS 3.1 · CNA: HashiCorp
Published2026-11-13Source updated 2026-11-13
Collected2026-11-131 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Shared library
HashiCorp
Platforms: 64 bit, 32 bit, x86, ARM, MacOS, Windows, Linux
≥ 0; < 0.14.0 (affected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: HashiCorp

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 5.9
medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCNA: HashiCorp

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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