CVE-2026-80179Jwcrypto: jwcrypto: denial of service via malformed jwe tokens
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A flaw was found in jwcrypto. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token containing numerous period delimiters. This malformed token can force the JWE.deserialize() function to allocate excessive memory, leading to a MemoryError. This issue results in a denial of service (DoS) for services that process untrusted JWE values.
- CVSS
- 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 redhat:ansible_automation_platform | 2 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) redhat:openshift_ai | All versions | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 redhat:openstack | 16.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80179vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2524147issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
- https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/security/advisories/GHSA-96rv-c4vc-h4f4
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