web-eid · aarmam · Jul 3, 2026
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ It contains the following fields:
 
 - `signature`: the base64-encoded signature of the token (see the description below),
 
-- `format`: the type identifier and version of the token format separated by a colon character '`:`', `web-eid:1.0` as of now; the version number consists of the major and minor number separated by a dot, major version changes are incompatible with previous versions, minor version changes are backwards-compatible within the given major version,
+- `format`: the type identifier and version of the token format separated by a colon character '`:`'. While minor version changes are intended to be backwards-compatible within the same major version, this validation library accepts only explicitly supported token format versions.
 
 - `appVersion`: the URL identifying the name and version of the application that issued the token; informative purpose, can be used to identify the affected application in case of faulty tokens.
 

diff --git a/...main/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/versionvalidators/AuthTokenVersion11Validator.java b/...main/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/versionvalidators/AuthTokenVersion11Validator.java
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;

 import static eu.webeid.security.util.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
 
 class AuthTokenVersion11Validator extends AuthTokenVersion1Validator implements AuthTokenVersionValidator {
 
-    private static final Pattern V11_SUPPORTED_TOKEN_FORMAT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^web-eid:1\\.1$");
+    private static final String V11_SUPPORTED_TOKEN_FORMAT_PREFIX = "web-eid:1.1";
     private static final Set<String> SUPPORTED_SIGNING_CRYPTO_ALGORITHMS = Set.of("ECC", "RSA");
     private static final Set<String> SUPPORTED_SIGNING_PADDING_SCHEMES = Set.of("NONE", "PKCS1.5", "PSS");
     private static final Set<String> SUPPORTED_SIGNING_HASH_FUNCTIONS = Set.of(
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected Pattern getSupportedFormatPattern() {
-        return V11_SUPPORTED_TOKEN_FORMAT_PATTERN;
+    public boolean supports(String format) {
+        return V11_SUPPORTED_TOKEN_FORMAT_PREFIX.equals(format);
     }
 
     @Override

diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/versionvalidators/AuthTokenVersion1Validator.java b/src/main/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/versionvalidators/AuthTokenVersion1Validator.java
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@
 import java.security.cert.TrustAnchor;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;

 class AuthTokenVersion1Validator implements AuthTokenVersionValidator {
 
     private static final String V1_SUPPORTED_TOKEN_FORMAT_PREFIX = "web-eid:1";
-    private static final Pattern V1_SUPPORTED_TOKEN_FORMAT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^web-eid:1(?:\\.\\d+)?$");
     private final SubjectCertificateValidatorBatch simpleSubjectCertificateValidators;
     private final Set<TrustAnchor> trustedCACertificateAnchors;
     private final CertStore trustedCACertificateCertStore;
@@ -70,11 +69,8 @@
 
     @Override
     public boolean supports(String format) {
-        return format != null && getSupportedFormatPattern().matcher(format).matches();
-    }
-
-    protected Pattern getSupportedFormatPattern() {
-        return V1_SUPPORTED_TOKEN_FORMAT_PATTERN;
+        return V1_SUPPORTED_TOKEN_FORMAT_PREFIX.equals(format)
+            || "web-eid:1.0".equals(format);
     }
 
     @Override

diff --git a/...t/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/versionvalidators/AuthTokenVersion1ValidatorTest.java b/...t/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/versionvalidators/AuthTokenVersion1ValidatorTest.java
@@ -61,14 +61,26 @@ class AuthTokenVersion1ValidatorTest {
     );
 
     @ParameterizedTest
-    @ValueSource(strings = {"web-eid:1", "web-eid:1.0", "web-eid:1.1", "web-eid:1.10", "web-eid:1.999"})
-    void whenFormatIsValidMajorV1Format_thenSupportsReturnsTrue(String format) {
+    @ValueSource(strings = {"web-eid:1", "web-eid:1.0"})
+    void whenFormatIsSupportedV1_thenSupportsReturnsTrue(String format) {
         assertThat(validator.supports(format)).isTrue();
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest
     @NullAndEmptySource
-    @ValueSource(strings = {"web-eid", "web-eid:1.", "web-eid:1.0TEST", "web-eid:1.1.0", "web-eid:0.9", "web-eid:2", "webauthn:1"})
+    @ValueSource(strings = {
+        "web-eid",
+        "web-eid:1.",
+        "web-eid:1.0TEST",
+        "web-eid:1.1",
+        "web-eid:1.1.0",
+        "web-eid:1.2",
+        "web-eid:1.10",
+        "web-eid:1.999",
+        "web-eid:0.9",
+        "web-eid:2",
+        "webauthn:1"
+    })
     void whenFormatIsNullEmptyOrMalformedOrNotV1_thenSupportsReturnsFalse(String format) {
         assertThat(validator.supports(format)).isFalse();
     }