Report out-of-range NumericDate claims distinctly from non-numeric ones

lib/src/main/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializer.java

@@ -74,10 +74,20 @@ Instant getInstantFromSeconds(Map<String, JsonNode> tree, String claimName) {
         if (node == null || node.isNull()) {
             return null;
         }
-        if (!node.canConvertToLong()) {
+        // A NumericDate per RFC 7519 is a JSON number and may be written in scientific notation
+        // (for example 1.7e9). Split the two failure modes so the thrown error is accurate: a
+        // genuinely non-numeric value, versus a numeric value that is out of the range a long can
+        // hold (such as 1.733162101e+26). Previously both produced "non-numeric date value", which
+        // is wrong for the second case and made large/scientific values look unsupported.
+        if (!node.isNumber()) {
             throw new JWTDecodeException(
                     String.format("The claim '%s' contained a non-numeric date value.", claimName));
         }
+        if (!node.canConvertToLong()) {
+            throw new JWTDecodeException(String.format(
+                    "The claim '%s' value (%s) is out of the range representable as a NumericDate.",
+                    claimName, node.asText()));
+        }
         return Instant.ofEpochSecond(node.asLong());
     }
 

lib/src/test/java/com/auth0/jwt/impl/PayloadDeserializerTest.java

@@ -241,6 +241,34 @@ public void shouldGetLargeInstantWhenParsingNumericNode() {
         assertThat(instant.toEpochMilli(), is(2147493647L * 1000));
     }
 
+    // https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/issues/706 - a NumericDate may be written in scientific
+    // notation. An in-range value must still resolve to the right instant.
+    @Test
+    public void shouldGetInstantWhenParsingScientificNotationNode() {
+        Map<String, JsonNode> tree = new HashMap<>();
+        DoubleNode node = new DoubleNode(1.7e9);
+        tree.put("key", node);
+
+        Instant instant = deserializer.getInstantFromSeconds(tree, "key");
+        assertThat(instant, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(instant, is(Instant.ofEpochSecond(1_700_000_000L)));
+    }
+
+    // A numeric value that does not fit a long (the exact value reported in issue #706) must be
+    // rejected as out of range, not mislabeled as non-numeric.
+    @Test
+    public void shouldThrowOutOfRangeWhenNumericDateExceedsLong() {
+        exception.expect(JWTDecodeException.class);
+        exception.expectMessage(
+                "The claim 'key' value (1.733162101E26) is out of the range representable as a NumericDate.");
+
+        Map<String, JsonNode> tree = new HashMap<>();
+        DoubleNode node = new DoubleNode(1.733162101e+26);
+        tree.put("key", node);
+
+        deserializer.getInstantFromSeconds(tree, "key");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void shouldGetNullStringWhenParsingNullNode() {
         Map<String, JsonNode> tree = new HashMap<>();