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CVE-2026-48526

PyJWT: Public-key JWK accepted as HMAC secret enables forged HS256 tokens when mixed families are allowed

Impact

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.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pippyjwt< 2.13.02.13.0

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Pyjwt ProjectPyjwt
before 2.13.0

Weakness classification

CWE-287CWE-347

References