CVE-2022-29217
Key confusion through non-blocklisted public key formats in PyJWT
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.4 High
- Published
- May 24, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 13, 2022
Description
PyJWT is a Python implementation of RFC 7519. PyJWT supports multiple different JWT signing algorithms. With JWT, an attacker submitting the JWT token can choose the used signing algorithm. The PyJWT library requires that the application chooses what algorithms are supported. The application can specify `jwt.algorithms.get_default_algorithms()` to get support for all algorithms, or specify a single algorithm. The issue is not that big as `algorithms=jwt.algorithms.get_default_algorithms()` has to be used. Users should upgrade to v2.4.0 to receive a patch for this issue. As a workaround, always be explicit with the algorithms that are accepted and expected when decoding.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
pyjwtjpadilla |
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References
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-ffqj-6fqr-9h24
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/9c528670c455b8d948aff95ed50e22940d1ad3fc
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/releases/tag/2.4.0
- FEDORA-2022-3cf456dc20vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-4ae9110f51vendor-advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/risky-algorithms-algorithm-confusion-in-pyjwt-cve-2022-29217
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