CVE-2026-80179
Jwcrypto: jwcrypto: denial of service via malformed jwe tokens
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.9 Medium
- Published
- Aug 27, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 25, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in jwcrypto. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token containing numerous period delimiters. This malformed token can force the JWE.deserialize() function to allocate excessive memory, leading to a MemoryError. This issue results in a denial of service (DoS) for services that process untrusted JWE values.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.9 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Red Hat |
References
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