CVE-2026-62995CWE-345

joserfc accepts JWT with padding, leading to JWT malleability

Low · published July 29, 2026

CVSS v4.0
2.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

joserfc is a Python library that provides an implementation of several JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) standards. in versions 1.7.1 and prior, joserfc accepts JWTs with trailing padding (==) which are not conforming to the JOSE specifications. This leads to malleability of the JWTs when consumed by joserfc. Depending on this application this might or not be an issue. This could lead to bypass of token revocation or anti-replay protection when implemented as a deny list of tokens or a deny list of token hashes. Note that ECDSA JWS are always malleable because of the malleability of ECDSA signatures (first test case in the code bellow). This makes a scheme which assumes that JWTs are not malleable brittle. However for other signatures (or MAC) schemes it might make sense to assume non malleability of the token. This issue has been fixed in version 1.7.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
2.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00145 · 3.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-345 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
Published
2026-07-29T18:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 JUL 18:27Z
    joserfc accepts JWT with padding, leading to JWT malleability
    cvelistv5