Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in pyjwt



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-29217
CWE-ID CWE-327
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 pyjwt
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor jpadilla (José Padilla)

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm

EUVDB-ID: #VU63168

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29217

CWE-ID: CWE-327 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm. A remote attacker can cause key confusion through non-blocklisted public key formats.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

pyjwt: 1.5.0 - 2.3.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/releases/tag/2.4.0
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-ffqj-6fqr-9h24


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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