Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting pyjwt package, versions [1.5.0,2.4.0)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.12% (45th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-PYJWT-2840625
  • published 20 May 2022
  • disclosed 12 May 2022
  • credit Aapo Oksman (@aapooksman)

How to fix?

Upgrade PyJWT to version 2.4.0 or higher.

Overview

PyJWT is a Python implementation of RFC 7519.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm via non-blacklisted public key formats, leading to key confusion.