CVE-2022-39227 – python-jwt

Package

Manager: pip
Name: python-jwt
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <3.3.4

Severity

Level: Critical

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.67861 pctl0.98532

Details

python-jwt vulnerable to token forgery with new claims ### Impact An attacker who obtains a JWT can arbitrarily forge its contents without knowing the secret key. Depending on the application, this may for example enable the attacker to spoof other user's identities, hijack their sessions, or bypass authentication. ### Patches Users should upgrade to version 3.3.4 Fixed by: https://github.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/commit/88ad9e67c53aa5f7c43ec4aa52ed34b7930068c9 ### Workarounds None ### References Found by [Tom Tervoort](Tom.Tervoort@secura.com) https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/python-jwt/PYSEC-2022-259.yaml ### More information The vulnerability allows an attacker, who possesses a single valid JWT, to create a new token with forged claims that the verify_jwt function will accept as valid. The issue is caused by an inconsistency between the JWT parsers used by python-jwt and its dependency jwcrypto. By mixing compact and JSON representations, an attacker can trick jwcrypto of parsing different claims than those over which a signature is validated by jwcrypto. Testing the fix has been added as an [automated unit test](https://github.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/blob/master/test/vulnerability_vows.py) to python-jwt. If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please open an issue in [python-jwt](https://github.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt)

Metadata

Created: 2022-09-21T21:33:22Z
Modified: 2024-07-10T21:32:14Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/09/GHSA-5p8v-58qm-c7fp/GHSA-5p8v-58qm-c7fp.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-290"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-5p8v-58qm-c7fp
Finding: F032
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