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UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53861

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-12-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-12-02 16:31 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-06-23

Details

pyjwt is a JSON Web Token implementation in Python. An incorrect string comparison is run for iss checking, resulting in "acb" being accepted for "_abc_". This is a bug introduced in version 2.10.0: checking the "iss" claim changed from isinstance(issuer, list) to isinstance(issuer, Sequence). Since str is a Sequnce, but not a list, in is also used for string comparison. This results in if "abc" not in "__abcd__": being checked instead of if "abc" != "__abc__":. Signature checks are still present so real world impact is likely limited to denial of service scenarios. This issue has been patched in version 2.10.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53861	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53861	REPORT
	https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/adviso…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/33022c25…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/1570e708…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/33022c25…	REPORT

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CVE-2024-53861 (GCVE-0-2024-53861)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-29 18:43 – Updated: 2024-12-02 18:10

Title

Issuer field partial matches allowed in pyjwt

Summary

pyjwt is a JSON Web Token implementation in Python. An incorrect string comparison is run for `iss` checking, resulting in `"acb"` being accepted for `"_abc_"`. This is a bug introduced in version 2.10.0: checking the "iss" claim changed from `isinstance(issuer, list)` to `isinstance(issuer, Sequence)`. Since str is a Sequnce, but not a list, `in` is also used for string comparison. This results in `if "abc" not in "__abcd__":` being checked instead of `if "abc" != "__abc__":`. Signature checks are still present so real world impact is likely limited to denial of service scenarios. This issue has been patched in version 2.10.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Severity

2.2 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-02 11:10 UTC

CWE

CWE-697 - Incorrect Comparison

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/1570e708…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/33022c25…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
jpadilla	pyjwt	Affected: = 2.10.0
pyjwt_project	pyjwt	Affected: 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:pyjwt_project:pyjwt:2.10.0:::::::*

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