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Low · 2.2 CVE-2024-53861 EUVD-2024-3440GHSA-75c5-xw7c-p5pmPYSEC-2026-1814

Issuer field partial matches allowed in pyjwt

Published Nov 29, 2024 · Updated Dec 2, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pyjwt is a JSON Web Token implementation in Python. An incorrect string comparison is run for `iss` checking, resulting in `"acb"` being accepted for `"_abc_"`. This is a bug introduced in version 2.10.0: checking the "iss" claim changed from `isinstance(issuer, list)` to `isinstance(issuer, Sequence)`. Since str is a Sequnce, but not a list, `in` is also used for string comparison. This results in `if "abc" not in "__abcd__":` being checked instead of `if "abc" != "__abc__":`. Signature checks are still present so real world impact is likely limited to denial of service scenarios. This issue has been patched in version 2.10.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
jpadilla pyjwt = 2.10.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 python-PyJWT 2.12.1-slfo.1.1_1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20879-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-PyJWT 2.10.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14540-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling az +1 2.67.0-r1 —
Wolfi rolling py3-pyjwt 2.10.1-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pyjwt >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.1 2.10.1 GHSA-75c5-xw7c-p5pm

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