CVE-2026-48526

Published: June 2, 2026Last modified: June 22, 2026

Description

PyJWT is a JSON Web Token implementation in Python. Prior to 2.13.0, when the verifier is decoding JSON Web Tokens, while supporting both asymmetric and HMAC algorithms, the library does not validate use of JSON Web Keys in HMAC algorithm, allowing attacker to use the issuer public key as the secret key for HMAC algorithm. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.0.

Severity score breakdown

ParameterValue
Base score7.4
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack complexityHIGH
Privileges requiredNONE
User interactionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
Integrity impactHIGH
Availability impactNONE
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Status

ProductReleasePackageStatus
Alpaquita Linux25 LTSpy3-jwtFixed (2.13.0-r0)
Streampy3-jwtFixed (2.13.0-r0)

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