{"id":"CVE-2026-102265","title":"PyJWT is a Python implementation of JSON Web Token standards","summary":"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 rea…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-674","CWE-248"],"vendor":"pyjwt_project","product":"pyjwt","affected":["pyjwt = 2.13.0"],"patched":["pyJWT 2.14.0"],"published":"2026-09-28","updated":"2026-10-07","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-07T20:57:14.290","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102265","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/06573692ebcdec8831c3927513b3e87c31fbbb62","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/releases/tag/2.14.0","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-8wjv-2p76-3863","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-8wjv-2p76-3863","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-102265.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102265"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542703"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102265"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102265"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8wjv-2p76-3863"},{"url":"https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/pyjwt"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82415"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82368"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82061"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82059"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82371"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available","csaf","vex","red-hat","ghsa","pip","osv"],"epss":0.00343,"epssPercentile":0.27656,"aliases":["GHSA-8wjv-2p76-3863","PYSEC-2026-4142"],"ecosystem":"pip","exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-01T15:00:55.850520Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-28T21:20:54.779Z","slug":"CVE-2026-102265","body":"## Overview\n\nPyJWT 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `pyjwt = 2.13.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2026-102265)\n\nAffected packages:\n\n- `pyJWT >= 2.13.0, < 2.14.0`\n\nPatched in:\n\n- `pyJWT 2.14.0`\n\nSource: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8wjv-2p76-3863\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Ansible Automation Orchestrator 2026, Confidential Compute Attestation, Fence Agents Remediation Operator, Lightspeed Core, Migration Toolkit for Applications 8, OpenShift Lightspeed, … · no fix planned: Ansible Automation Orchestrator 2026, Confidential Compute Attestation, Fence Agents Remediation Operator, Lightspeed Core, … · updated 2026-10-15 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-102265.json)\n- **RHSA-2026:82415** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.5 · released 2026-10-13 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82415)\n- **RHSA-2026:82368** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.5 · released 2026-10-13 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82368)\n- **RHSA-2026:82061** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.5 · released 2026-10-13 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82061)\n- **RHSA-2026:82059** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.5 · released 2026-10-13 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82059)\n- **RHSA-2026:82371** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.5 · released 2026-10-13 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82371)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":214342,"id":"CVE-2026-102265","ts":1790869742424,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}