JWT module relies on an insecure version of firebase/php-jwt
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Reported by: [kmonty](https://www.drupal.org/user/174158)
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>Earlier today, our team's CI pipeline broke at the <code>composer audit</code> step. This is because of <a href="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2x45-7fc3-mxwq%20">CVE-2025-45769</a>:</p>
<pre>+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+<br>| Package | firebase/php-jwt |<br>| Severity | high |<br>| Advisory ID | PKSA-y2cr-5h3j-g3ys |<br>| CVE | CVE-2025-45769 |<br>| Title | php-jwt contains weak encryption |<br>| URL | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2x45-7fc3-mxwq |<br>| Affected versions | <7.0.0 |<br>| Reported at | 2025-07-31T21:31:53+00:00 |<br>+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+</pre><p>The <code>7.0.0</code> <a href="https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/releases/tag/v7.0.0">release notes</a> of php-jwt contain information on the fix.</p>
<p>Overall, the breaking changes here look minimal.</p>
<p>Next steps:</p>
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<li>Open MR allowing ^7 to be installed.</li>
<li>Test that the module continues to work as expected.</li>
</ol>
<p>Because this is a potentially breaking change, this might need to be a 3.x.x release. However, I know there is already WIP on that. Not sure how this would best be handled <span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link drupalorg-gitlab-link-wrapper"><a href="https://git.drupalcode.org/project/jwt/-/work_items/3504600" class="drupalorg-gitlab-link">https://git.drupalcode.org/project/jwt/-/work_items/3504600</a></span>.</p>
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