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πŸ›‘οΈ Sentinel: [CRITICAL] Fix Device JWT Subject Spoofing (Privilege Escalation) - #921

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πŸ›‘οΈ Sentinel: [CRITICAL] Fix Device JWT Subject Spoofing (Privilege Escalation)#921
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🚨 Severity: CRITICAL
πŸ’‘ Vulnerability: Device-signed JWTs trusted the sub claim without verifying it matched the device owner's user_id, allowing an attacker with one valid device key to impersonate any user.
🎯 Impact: Privilege escalation / full account takeover. A valid user could forge tokens for admins or other users.
πŸ”§ Fix: Added explicit enforcement of claims.sub == device.user_id during JWT verification in verify_device_jwt.
βœ… Verification: Ran uv run pytest. The test suite confirmed valid tokens pass and test_exploit.py confirmed spoofed tokens fail with Subject mismatch.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 3279532018961842619 started by @ToolchainLab

Added explicit verification in `verify_device_jwt` to ensure the `sub` claim on device-signed JWTs matches the actual owner of the device (`device.user_id`). This prevents users from forging tokens to impersonate other users (privilege escalation).

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