diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index ee2ac49de..1330f7c22 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.8.1"
+VERSION = "1.10.8.2"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/utils/jwt.py b/lib/utils/jwt.py
index 358e62b6c..88b5490c9 100644
--- a/lib/utils/jwt.py
+++ b/lib/utils/jwt.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from lib.core.convert import decodeBase64
 from lib.core.convert import encodeBase64
 from lib.core.convert import getBytes
 from lib.core.convert import getText
+from thirdparty import six
 
 # a compact JSON Web Token: base64url(header).base64url(payload).base64url(signature); a header always starts
 # with '{"' which base64url-encodes to the literal prefix 'eyJ', so this matches JWTs embedded in a larger value
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ def parseJWT(token):
     except Exception:
         return None
 
-    if not isinstance(header, dict) or "alg" not in header:
+    if not isinstance(header, dict) or not isinstance(header.get("alg"), six.string_types):
         return None
 
     return {"header": header, "payload": payload, "signature": signature, "signingInput": token.rsplit('.', 1)[0], "raw": token}
diff --git a/tests/test_jwt.py b/tests/test_jwt.py
index 31d0cf668..b1ff857d0 100644
--- a/tests/test_jwt.py
+++ b/tests/test_jwt.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.enums import PLACE
 from lib.utils.jwt import auditJWT
 from lib.utils.jwt import crackHMAC
+from lib.utils.jwt import encodeSegment
 from lib.utils.jwt import findJWTs
 from lib.utils.jwt import forgeJWT
 from lib.utils.jwt import parseJWT
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ class JWTUtilsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         for value in ("", "a.b", "a.b.c.d", "not.a.jwt", "eyJx.eyJx"):
             self.assertIsNone(parseJWT(value))
 
+    def test_parse_rejects_non_string_alg(self):
+        # RFC 7515: "alg" MUST be a string; a crafted token with e.g. an integer "alg" must not parse
+        # (a permissive gate here would let a non-string "alg" reach auditJWT's alg.strip() and crash)
+        token = "%s.%s." % (encodeSegment({"alg": 123}), encodeSegment({}))
+        self.assertIsNone(parseJWT(token))
+
     def test_forge_none_is_unsigned(self):
         token = forgeJWT({"alg": "none"}, {"user": "admin"})
         self.assertTrue(token.endswith("."))