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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-102946 EUVD-2026-102310

joserfc: JWS signature verification bypass via empty signatures array in jws.deserialize_json

Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

joserfc is a Python library that provides an implementation of several JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) standards. Prior to 1.7.4, joserfc.jws.deserialize_json() accepts a JWS General JSON Serialization with an empty signatures array as authenticated. The verify_general_json() loop performs no iterations for the empty array and returns success because no signature check failed, allowing an attacker without a signing key to supply an arbitrary payload that relying applications may treat as authentic. The issue affects the General JSON Serialization path; compact JWS and JWT decoding, Flattened JSON serialization, and JWE JSON processing do not follow this vulnerable path. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.4.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
authlib joserfc < 1.7.4 —

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
Debian 14 joserfc 1.7.4-1 —
Debian 13 joserfc No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 joserfc No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS joserfc No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-joserfc 1.7.7-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12204-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 python-joserfc 1.1.0-bp160.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22136-1

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