CVE-2026-102272: jpadilla pyjwt
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-102272 is a high (CVSS 7.4) vulnerability in jpadilla pyjwt. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 28-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 29-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
PyJWT is a Python implementation of JSON Web Token standards. From 2.13.0 until 2.14.0, HMACAlgorithm.prepare_key in jwt/algorithms.py is affected because raw-JWK detector does not normalize accepted Unicode byte-order marks before checking for JSON. This occurs when a public JWK is prefixed with a UTF-8 BOM and used in a mixed-algorithm verification path. As a result, public JWK bypasses asymmetric-key detection and becomes the HMAC secret. Consequently, an attacker who knows the public key can forge authenticated tokens. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.0.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST7.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
7%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Change unavailable
Change unavailable
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundPyjwt
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard76 products
- authentik-2026.5< 2026.5.7-r4
- authentik-fips-2026.5< 2026.5.7-r7
- azureml-inference-server-httpAll versions (No fix recorded)
- azureml-inference-server-http-fips< 1.5.1-r9
- datadog-agent-7.77-core-integrations< 7.77.3-r26
Wolfi11 products
- datadog-agent-7.77-core-integrations< 7.77.3-r26
- datadog-agent-7.78-core-integrationsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- datadog-agent-7.79-core-integrations< 7.79.2-r20
- datadog-agent-7.80-core-integrationsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- datadog-agent-7.81-core-integrations< 7.81.3-r8
Debian1 product
- pyjwtAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.14.0-1
Jpadilla1 product
- pyjwt≥ 2.13.0, < 2.14.0
Pyjwt_project1 product
- pyjwt2.13.0
PyPI1 product
- pyjwt≥ 2.13.0, < 2.14.0
Ubuntu1 product
- pyjwtAll versions (No fix recorded)
7 vendors · 92 products
References
11 links- github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-r6x4-923q-g947X Refsource CONFIRMWEBREPORTAdvisoryExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
- github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/180783930de91876bc0d601f826a1f2956057291X Refsource MISCWEBREPORTFIXPatch
- github.com/jpadilla/pyjwtPACKAGE
- pypi.org/project/pyjwtPACKAGE