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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-28498 EUVD-2026-12482GHSA-m344-f55w-2m6jPYSEC-2026-2117

Authlib: Fail-Open Cryptographic Verification in OIDC Hash Binding

Published Mar 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to version 1.6.9, a library-level vulnerability was identified in the Authlib Python library concerning the validation of OpenID Connect (OIDC) ID Tokens. Specifically, the internal hash verification logic (_verify_hash) responsible for validating the at_hash (Access Token Hash) and c_hash (Authorization Code Hash) claims exhibits a fail-open behavior when encountering an unsupported or unknown cryptographic algorithm. This flaw allows an attacker to bypass mandatory integrity protections by supplying a forged ID Token with a deliberately unrecognized alg header parameter. The library intercepts the unsupported state and silently returns True (validation passed), inherently violating fundamental cryptographic design principles and direct OIDC specifications. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.9.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
authlib authlib < 1.6.9 —

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 1.6.9-1 —
Debian 13 python-authlib No fix yet —
Debian 12 python-authlib 1.2.0-1+deb12u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 python-authlib No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 python-authlib No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS python-authlib 1.6.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8557-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS python-authlib 1.3.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 USN-8557-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS python-authlib 0.15.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 USN-8557-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 python-Authlib 1.3.1-150600.3.17.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0975-1
SLES 3 python-Authlib 1.3.1-150600.3.17.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0975-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 python-Authlib 1.3.1-150600.3.17.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0975-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 python-Authlib 1.5.2-bp160.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20392-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 python-Authlib 1.3.1-150600.3.17.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0975-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI authlib < 1.6.9 1.6.9 GHSA-m344-f55w-2m6j

Advisories 4

References