Description
Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to version 1.6.5, Authlib’s JWE zip=DEF path performs unbounded DEFLATE decompression. A very small ciphertext can expand into tens or hundreds of megabytes on decrypt, allowing an attacker who can supply decryptable tokens to exhaust memory and CPU and cause denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.5. Workarounds for this issue involve rejecting or stripping zip=DEF for inbound JWEs at the application boundary, forking and add a bounded decompression guard via decompressobj().decompress(data, MAX_SIZE)) and returning an error when output exceeds a safe limit, or enforcing strict maximum token sizes and fail fast on oversized inputs; combine with rate limiting.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| authlib | authlib | < 1.6.5 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | python-authlib | 1.6.5-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | python-authlib | 1.6.0-1+deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | python-authlib | 1.2.0-1+deb12u1 | — |
| Debian 11 | python-authlib | 0.15.4-1+deb11u1 | DLA-4352-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | python-authlib | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS | python-authlib | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | python-authlib | 1.3.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-8065-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | python-authlib | 0.15.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-8065-1 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 3 | python-Authlib | 1.3.1-150600.3.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:3842-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | python-Authlib | 1.9.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:12390-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | python-Authlib | 1.3.1-150600.3.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:3842-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | authlib | < 1.6.5 | 1.6.5 | GHSA-g7f3-828f-7h7m |
Advisories 5
- openSUSE-SU-2026:12390-1 python313-Authlib-1.9.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Nov 3, 2026
- USN-8065-1 python-authlib vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Apr 27, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:3842-1 Security update for python-Authlib SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-0120 Red Hat Satellite (satellite/foreman-mcp-server-rhel9): Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Mar 3, 2026
- DLA-4352-1 python-authlib - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Oct 29, 2025