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Jwt no signature verification - #1198
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Detects parsing of a JWT-shaped string (via base64 decode/split) without a nearby call to verify/validate the signature — a pattern seen in custom C2/auth implementations. Added to nursery/ pending a verified real-world sample for `examples`.
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Summary
Adds a new nursery rule,
parse JWT without verifying signature, which detects code that parses a JWT-shaped string (base64 decode/split) without a nearby call to validate the signature - a pattern seen in custom C2/auth implementations that roll their own JWT handling to avoid detection or dependency fingerprinting.Status
This is submitted to
nursery/rather thancommunication/http/because it doesn't yet have a verified real-world sample formeta.examples. I'm actively looking for a suitable public malware sample that exhibits this pattern and will update the rule (and move it out of nursery) once I have one - happy to take pointers if anyone knows of a matching sample in capa-testfiles or elsewhere.Linting
python scripts/lint.py nursery/parse-jwt-without-verifying-signature.yml→no lints failed, nice!)--thorough) not run locally yet, since it requirescapa-testfilesand a real example to verify against - will run once an example is added