CVE-2026-101917

Public on 2026-09-28
Modified on 2026-09-30
Description
A flaw was found in PyJWT. A remote attacker can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) through outbound request amplification by submitting tokens containing unknown key identifiers. Because the library does not cache lookup failures or enforce a minimum refresh interval when fetching signing keys, each invalid key identifier forces a new request to the remote JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) server. This allows an attacker to exhaust network resources and overwhelm the configured authentication endpoints.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 python-jwt Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview python-jwt Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L