GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-5739-39v2-5754 PHP JWT Library: RSA1_5 (RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5) decryption lacks implicit rejection, exposing a Bleichenbacher/Marvin padding oracle

MEDIUM Published 2026-06-18 Modified 2026-08-31 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
web-token/jwt-library
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-208, CWE-385
Reviewed
2026-06-18

Affected packages

• Packagist web-token/jwt-library: < 3.4.10 → fixed in 3.4.10 • Packagist web-token/jwt-library: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.7 → fixed in 4.0.7 • Packagist web-token/jwt-library: >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.7 → fixed in 4.1.7

Description

Impact `RSACrypt::decryptWithRSA15()` (used by the `RSA1_5` key-encryption algorithm) implements RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5 decryption by inspecting the padding after RSADP and throwing `InvalidArgumentException` as soon as the padding is malformed. It does not implement the implicit-rejection countermeasure required by RFC 3447 §7.2.2 / RFC 8017 §7.1.2 (return a deterministic pseudo-random value of the expected length on padding failure and let the downstream step fail uniformly). From a JWE caller this yields a Bleichenbacher/Marvin padding oracle: an attacker submitting adaptively crafted `encrypted_key` values can distinguish (a) padding rejected, (b) padding valid but wrong CEK length, and (c) padding valid and full AEAD executed — even though `JWEDecrypter` returns the same `false` in all cases — because each path performs a measurably different amount of work, amplifiable by enlarging the ciphertext (CWE-208 timing side channel). Enough adaptive queries can recover the wrapped CEK. Affected configurations Applications that register `RSA1_5` in their decryption `AlgorithmManager` and hold an RSA private key. Patches PKCS#1 v1.5 decryption now performs implicit rejection: on invalid padding (or unexpected recovered length) it returns a random CEK of the expected size selected in constant time, so the full content-decryption (AEAD) step always runs and fails uniformly, removing the observable difference between padding-valid and padding-invalid ciphertexts. Users are still strongly encouraged to migrate to `RSA-OAEP`. Workarounds Prefer `RSA-OAEP`/`RSA-OAEP-256`; do not enable `RSA1_5` for untrusted tokens. References • RFC 3447 §7.2.2 / RFC 8017 §7.1.2 • Bleichenbacher (1998); Marvin attack • CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy Résolution Un correctif a été préparé sur une branche dédiée basée sur `3.4.x`, avec des tests anti-régression dédiés (fork privé temporaire de cette advisory, PR #1). RSA1_5 — déchiffrement PKCS#1 v1.5 avec *implicit rejection* en temps constant (RFC 3447 §7.2.2) : un padding invalide n'est plus distinguable d'un padding valide, neutralisant l'oracle Bleichenbacher. Validation : `php -l` OK, PHPUnit vert, aucune nouvelle erreur PHPStan introduite (différentiel nul vs `3.4.x`), aucun commentaire ajouté dans le code source. Après merge, cascade prévue `3.4.x → 4.0.x → 4.1.x`.

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy weakness
  • CWE-385 Covert Timing Channel weakness

References