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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS01cDh2LTU4cW0tYzdmcM4AAu9_
python-jwt vulnerable to token forgery with new claims
Impact
An attacker who obtains a JWT can arbitrarily forge its contents without knowing the secret key. Depending on the application, this may for example enable the attacker to spoof other user's identities, hijack their sessions, or bypass authentication.
Patches
Users should upgrade to version 3.3.4
Fixed by: https://github.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/commit/88ad9e67c53aa5f7c43ec4aa52ed34b7930068c9
Workarounds
None
References
Found by Tom Tervoort
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/python-jwt/PYSEC-2022-259.yaml
More information
The vulnerability allows an attacker, who possesses a single valid JWT, to create a new token with forged claims that the verify_jwt function will accept as valid.
The issue is caused by an inconsistency between the JWT parsers used by python-jwt and its dependency jwcrypto. By mixing compact and JSON representations, an attacker can trick jwcrypto of parsing different claims than those over which a signature is validated by jwcrypto.
Testing the fix has been added as an automated unit test to python-jwt.
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please open an issue in python-jwt
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p8v-58qm-c7fpJSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS01cDh2LTU4cW0tYzdmcM4AAu9_
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 1 year ago
Updated: over 1 year ago
CVSS Score: 9.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Identifiers: GHSA-5p8v-58qm-c7fp, CVE-2022-39227
References:
- https://github.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/security/advisories/GHSA-5p8v-58qm-c7fp
- https://github.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/commit/6c5075469847b9e8b6e5336077d989d77a4d2bf1
- https://github.com/davedoesdev/python-jwt/commit/88ad9e67c53aa5f7c43ec4aa52ed34b7930068c9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39227
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/python-jwt/PYSEC-2022-259.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p8v-58qm-c7fp
Blast Radius: 29.1
Affected Packages
pypi:python-jwt
Dependent packages: 11Dependent repositories: 1,578
Downloads: 208,456 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 3.3.4
Fixed in: 3.3.4
All affected versions: 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.6, 0.3.7, 0.3.8, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3
All unaffected versions: 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 4.0.0, 4.1.0