CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-29217
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-05-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-327
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.
Affected configurations
• pyjwt project pyjwt (>= 1.5.0 < 2.4.0)
• fedoraproject fedora 35
• fedoraproject fedora 36
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm weakness
References
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/9c528670c455b8d948aff95ed50e22940d1ad3fc Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/releases/tag/2.4.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-ffqj-6fqr-9h24 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5PK7IQCBVNLYJEFTPHBBPFP72H4WUFNX/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HIYEYZRQEP6QTHT3EHH3RGFYJIHIMAO/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/9c528670c455b8d948aff95ed50e22940d1ad3fc Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/releases/tag/2.4.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-ffqj-6fqr-9h24 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5PK7IQCBVNLYJEFTPHBBPFP72H4WUFNX/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HIYEYZRQEP6QTHT3EHH3RGFYJIHIMAO/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/risky-algorithms-algorithm-confusion-in-pyjwt-cve-2022-29217 www.vicarius.io