5 items tagged with "jwt"
Accepting JSON Web Tokens with alg:none or trusting the token's own algorithm header, letting attackers forge tokens with no valid signature.
Issue signed JWT access tokens, validate them on every request, and refresh them safely without leaking long-lived credentials.
JWTs are self-contained, stateless tokens; server sessions store state server-side with an opaque ID. Both manage authenticated user state.
A JSON Web Token (JWT) is a compact, URL-safe token format that carries claims as a base64url-encoded header, payload, and signature separated by dots...
A JSON Web Token is a compact, URL-safe, digitally signed token that encodes claims as JSON, commonly used to transmit identity and authorization data between parties.