dev.to· Oct 28, 2026· by karmadon

Service-to-service auth: clients, audiences, and scopes

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Imagine a perfectly valid token arriving at the wrong service. Its signature checks out. It has not...
🎯 Vulnerability: OAuth 2.0 / JWT Authentication Bypass
💡 Defense Fix: Strictly verify JWT signatures on the backend, enforce state parameter validation, and reject 'alg: none'.
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