PYSEC-2026-177

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2026-48524
Aliases
GHSA-fhv5-28vv-h8m8
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

PyJWT is a JSON Web Token implementation in Python. Prior to 2.13.0, PyJWKClient.get_signing_key() forces a fresh HTTP request to the JWKS endpoint for every JWT with an unknown kid value, with no rate limiting. Since kid comes from the unverified token header, an attacker can trigger unlimited outbound requests. The vulnerability surfaces only when a JWKS fetch fails; an attacker can attempt to provoke that with sustained unknown-kid traffic, but the outcome depends on upstream JWKS-endpoint behavior (rate limiting, transient errors) which is beyond the attacker's control. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.0.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
PyPI · pyjwtintroduced 0, fixed 2.13.0

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — PyPA Advisory Database