jwt-security-scanner 1.0.1

A tool to scan JWT tokens for security vulnerabilities

🔐 JWT Security Scanner

Analyze JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for common security vulnerabilities and generate professional security reports.

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📦 Available on PyPI

Install the tool directly:

pip install jwt-security-scanner

Run the scanner:

jwt-scanner

Windows Users: If jwt-scanner is not recognized, run:

py -m jwt_scanner.scanner

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📖 Project Overview

JWT (JSON Web Token) is widely used for authentication in modern web applications. However, insecure JWT implementations can expose applications to authentication bypass, privilege escalation, token forgery, and unauthorized access.

This project is a Python-based command-line security scanner that analyzes JWTs for common security misconfigurations and generates detailed security reports with remediation recommendations.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Detects 5 common JWT security vulnerability categories
• 🎨 Beautiful colored terminal output using Rich
• 📄 Generates professional HTML security reports
• 📝 Generates text reports for documentation
• 🛡 Provides security recommendations
• ⚡ Simple command-line interface
• 📦 Available as a PyPI package

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🔍 Security Checks

Security Check	Description	Risk
🔐 Algorithm Check	Detects insecure none algorithm usage	🔴 Critical
🔑 Weak Secret Key	Detects commonly used weak HMAC secrets	🔴 Critical
⏳ Expiry Check	Detects missing or expired tokens	🟠 High
📄 Sensitive Data	Detects passwords or confidential data in payload	🟠 High
🛡 Token Claims	Checks missing iss, sub, aud, iat claims	🟡 Medium

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⚙️ Technologies Used

• Python 3
• PyJWT
• Rich
• Colorama
• Requests

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💻 Installation

Install from PyPI

pip install jwt-security-scanner

If pip is unavailable:

py -m pip install jwt-security-scanner

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▶️ Usage

Launch the scanner:

jwt-scanner

Or, if the command is not recognized on Windows:

py -m jwt_scanner.scanner

Follow the prompts to paste a JWT token. The scanner will automatically:

• Decode the token
• Perform security analysis
• Display findings
• Generate HTML and TXT reports

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📊 Example Output

JWT Security Scanner

SECURITY FINDINGS

CRITICAL   Weak Secret Key Found
HIGH       No Expiration Time
HIGH       Sensitive Data Detected

SECURITY SUMMARY

Critical : 1
High     : 2
Medium   : 0
Low      : 5

Verdict:
CRITICAL VULNERABILITIES FOUND

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📄 Reports Generated

Every scan automatically generates:

📝 Text Report

• Plain text format
• Easy to archive
• Useful for documentation

🌐 HTML Report

• Modern responsive design
• Severity dashboard
• Findings table
• Token information
• Security recommendations

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📚 What I Learned

• JWT Architecture (Header • Payload • Signature)
• Digital Signatures
• HMAC & SHA-256
• HS256 vs RS256
• Base64URL Encoding
• JWT Security Best Practices
• Python Security Tool Development
• HTML Report Generation
• Python Package Publishing (PyPI)

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🌍 Real-World Application

JWT security is an important part of modern web application security. During security assessments, penetration testers and application security engineers review JWT implementations to identify weaknesses such as insecure algorithms, weak signing secrets, missing expiration, and improper token validation.

This tool helps automate those checks for learning and testing purposes.

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📂 Project Structure

JWT-Security-Scanner/
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├── jwt_scanner/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── scanner.py
├── setup.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── requirements.txt
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

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🚀 Running from Source

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/tabassumfathima28/JWT-Security-Scanner.git
cd JWT-Security-Scanner

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run:

py jwt_scanner\scanner.py

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🔗 Related Project

🛡 AI-Powered SIEM Home Lab

A complete SIEM lab built using Elastic SIEM and Tines automation.

https://github.com/tabassumfathima28/SIEM-HOME-LAB-PROJECT

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👩‍💻 Author

Tabassum Fathima

Cybersecurity Undergraduate | Aspiring SOC Analyst

• GitHub: https://github.com/tabassumfathima28
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tabassumfathima2812/

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⭐ Support

If you found this project useful, consider giving it a ⭐ on GitHub!

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"Security is not a product, but a process." — Bruce Schneier