Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by Okta

CVE-2026-85473Out-of-Range Timestamp Claim Handling in auth0/java-jwt

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in java-jwt from Auth0. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The auth0/java-jwt library may terminate a thread if it receives a JWT with a timestamp claim (exp, nbf, iat) containing an out-of-range value. The condition occurs during token parsing, prior to signature verification. Repeated requests of this nature may lead to degraded availability of the affected service.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Auth0 java-jwt 4.0.0 – before 4.6.2

Weakness: CWE-755, CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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