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pyjwt — security advisory
PyJWT is a Python implementation of JSON Web Token standards. From 2.13.0 until 2.14.0, PyJWS._load in jwt/api_jws.py is affected because parser catches ValueError but not RecursionError. This occurs when a deeply nested token header reaches json.loads. As a result, RecursionError escapes the documented PyJWT error hierarchy. Consequently, an unauthenticated malformed token can cause a request-level failure and HTTP 500. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.0.
- Products
- pyjwt
- Affected versions
- 1.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1.3.0-1, 1.3.0-1ubuntu0.1, 1.3.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 1.3.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, 1.3.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm3, 1.3.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm4, 1.4.2-1.1, 1.5.3+ds1-1, 1.5.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.1, 1.5.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 1.5.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, 1.5.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.1+esm3, 1.5.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.1+esm4, 1.7.0-2, 1.7.1-1, 1.7.1-2ubuntu1, 1.7.1-2ubuntu2, 1.7.1-2ubuntu2.1, 1.7.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm1, 1.7.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm2, 1.7.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm3, 1.7.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm4, 2.1.0-1, 2.10.1-2, 2.10.1-3, 2.10.1-3build1, 2.10.1-4, 2.10.1-4ubuntu1, 2.10.1-4ubuntu1.1, 2.10.1-4ubuntu1.2, 2.10.1-4ubuntu1.3, 2.12.1-1, 2.13.0-1, 2.13.0-1ubuntu1, 2.13.0-1ubuntu1.1, 2.3.0-1, 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.1, 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.2, 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.3, 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.4, 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.5, 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.6, 2.7.0-1, 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.1, 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.2, 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.3, 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.4
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-102265
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
PyJWT is a Python implementation of JSON Web Token standards. From 2.13.0 until 2.14.0, PyJWS._load in jwt/api_jws.py is affected because parser catches ValueError but not RecursionError. This occurs when a deeply nested token header reaches json.loads. As a result, RecursionError escapes the documented PyJWT error hierarchy. Consequently, an unauthenticated malformed token can cause a request-level failure and HTTP 500. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.0.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102265
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Complete source record
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