Simple HS256, HS384 & HS512 JWT token brute force cracker.

Effective only to crack JWT tokens with weak secrets. Recommendation: Use strong long secrets or RS256 tokens.

With npm:

npm install --global jwt-cracker

From command line:

jwt-cracker -t <token> [-a <alphabet>] [--max <maxLength>] [-d <dictionaryFilePath>] [-f]

Where:

• token: the full HS256-512 JWT token string to crack
• alphabet: the alphabet to use for the brute force (default: "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789")
• maxLength: the max length of the string generated during the brute force (default: 12)
• dictionaryFilePath: path to a list of passwords (one per line) to use instead of brute force
• force: force script to execute when the token isn't valid

This script requires Node.js version 16.0.0 or higher

Cracking the default jwt.io example:

jwt-cracker -t eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ -a abcdefghijklmnopqrstuwxyz --max 6

It takes about 2 hours in a Macbook Pro (2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7).

Or using a list of passwords taken from https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists

jwt-cracker -t eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWV9.TJVA95OrM7E2cBab30RMHrHDcEfxjoYZgeFONFh7HgQ -d darkweb2017-top10000.txt

It takes less than a second.

Everyone is very welcome to contribute to this project. You can contribute just by submitting bugs or suggesting improvements by opening an issue on GitHub.

Licensed under MIT License. © Luciano Mammino.