CVE-2022-29217

Public on 2022-05-24
Modified on 2022-11-29
Description
A vulnerability was found in python-jwt. This issue happens when PyJWT supports multiple different JWT signing algorithms. This flaw allows an attacker submitting the JWT token to choose the used signing algorithm, leading to key confusion through non-blocklisted public key formats.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 python-jwt 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-076 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N