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Medium · 6.8 CVE-2026-114618 EUVD-2026-108520GHSA-fch4-3c6x-j4gcPYSEC-2026-4358

Authlib: Default JWT bearer grant accepts assertions for the wrong audience

Published Oct 22, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to 1.9.0, the default RFC 7523 JWTBearerGrant.get_audiences() returns an empty list, causing JWTBearerGrant.verify_claims() to require only that an aud claim exists without matching the current authorization server. An attacker holding a legitimate assertion for another service can present it to a server that shares the signing key and uses the default grant, obtaining an access token across a trust boundary. Implementations that override get_audiences() with the server's valid audience identifiers are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
authlib authlib < 1.9.0 —

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
Debian 14 python-authlib 1.9.1-1 —
Debian 13 python-authlib No fix yet —
Debian 12 python-authlib No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 python-authlib No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS python-authlib No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS python-authlib No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS python-authlib No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-Authlib 1.9.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12390-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling open-webui 0.12.3-r11 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI authlib < 1.9.0 1.9.0 GHSA-fch4-3c6x-j4gc

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