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TI-2024-27970 Aliases CVE-2024-41948GHSA-5hcj-rwm6-xmw4

biscuit-java vulnerable to public key confusion in third party block

Priority LOW 23CWE-1259Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

biscuit-java is the java implementation of Biscuit, an authentication and authorization token for microservices architectures. Third-party blocks can be generated without transferring the whole token to the third-party authority. Instead, a ThirdPartyBlock request can be sent, providing only the necessary info to generate a third-party block and to sign it, which includes the public key of the previous block (used in the signature) and the public keys part of the token symbol table (for public key interning in datalog expressions). A third-part block request forged by a malicious user can trick the third-party authority into generating datalog trusting the wrong keypair. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00283 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed biscuit-java (biscuit-auth): 4.0.0org.biscuitsec:biscuit (Maven): 4.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
biscuit-authbiscuit-java3.0.0 to before 4.0.04.0.0Patch availableCNA
—org.biscuitsec:biscuit (Maven)3.0.0 to before 4.0.04.0.0Patch availableGHSA-5hcj-rwm6-xmw4
  • biscuit-java Vendorbiscuit-auth Affected 3.0.0 to before 4.0.0 Fixed in 4.0.0 Patch available CNA
  • org.biscuitsec:biscuit (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 4.0.0 Fixed in 4.0.0 Patch available GHSA-5hcj-rwm6-xmw4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:biscuitsec:biscuit-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 to before 4.0.0Vulnerablebiscuit-auth
  • cpe:2.3:a:biscuitsec:biscuit-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 4.0.0 Vulnerable ·biscuit-auth

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA biscuit-java (biscuit-auth) Fixed in 4.0.0
  • Fix · GHSA-5hcj-rwm6-xmw4 org.biscuitsec:biscuit (Maven) Fixed in 4.0.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-41948
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5hcj-rwm6-xmw4

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