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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2026-80179 json

Jwcrypto: jwcrypto: denial of service via malformed jwe tokens

published 2026-08-27 2 mo ago modified 2026-11-06 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-67278

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • python-jwcrypto SLES 16.0, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 1.5.6-160000.4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23702-1SUSE-SU-2026:23722-1

  • python-jwcrypto openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.5.6-160000.4.1
  • python-jwcrypto openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21827-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11712-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-80179 updated cvss 5.9

jwcrypto: jwcrypto: Denial of Service via malformed JWE tokens

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 python3.11-jwcrypto, python3.12-jwcrypto, automation-controller, ansible-automation-platform-25/gateway-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-27/gateway-rhel9, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 python-jwcrypto, python3-jwcrypto Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 python-jwcrypto Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9, rhoai/odh-kserve-storage-initializer-rhel9 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 rhosp-rhel8/openstack-tempest, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-nova-api, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-novajoin-base, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-tripleoclient, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-novajoin-server, rhosp-rhel8/openstack-mistral-executor, +2 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/security/advisories/GHSA-96rv-c4vc-h4f4 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.