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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-119283 EUVD-2026-113392GHSA-jpxq-7h8p-2q76

joserfc: Unbounded JWE General JSON `recipients` Array Leads to CPU Exhaustion (DoS) via Repeated RSA Private-Key Decryption

Published Oct 29, 2026 · Updated Oct 30, 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 1.7.5, joserfc.jwe.decrypt_json() accepts a JWE General JSON Serialization recipients array without a count limit and calls decrypt_cek() for every entry. An unauthenticated attacker who can submit a JWE to an endpoint using an RSA key-management algorithm can choose the number of private-key decryption operations performed by one request. The verify_all_recipients option does not reduce this work because the affected loop processes every recipient before consulting that setting, allowing repeated requests to exhaust service CPU without affecting confidentiality or integrity. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.5.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
authlib joserfc < 1.7.5 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 joserfc 1.7.5-1 —
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 1.7.7-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12533-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling open-webui 0.12.3-r16 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI joserfc < 1.7.5 1.7.5 GHSA-jpxq-7h8p-2q76

Advisories 1

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