CVE-2026-28802

NameCVE-2026-28802
DescriptionAuthlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. From version 1.6.5 to before version 1.6.7, previous tests involving passing a malicious JWT containing alg: none and an empty signature was passing the signature verification step without any changes to the application code when a failure was expected.. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.7.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python-authlib (PTS)bullseye0.15.4-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)0.15.4-1+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm1.2.0-1fixed
trixie1.6.0-1vulnerable
forky, sid1.6.9-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python-authlibsourcebookworm(not affected)
python-authlibsource(unstable)1.6.7-1

Notes

[bookworm] - python-authlib <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/authlib/authlib/security/advisories/GHSA-7wc2-qxgw-g8gg
Introduced with: https://github.com/authlib/authlib/commit/a61c2acb807496e67f32051b5f1b1d5ccf8f0a75 (v1.6.0)
Fixed by: https://github.com/authlib/authlib/commit/b87c32ed07b8ae7f805873e1c9cafd1016761df7 (v1.6.7)

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