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01 Record

CVE-2026-102266

PyJWK accepts empty HMAC keys, bypassing PyJWT's empty-key validation

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

02 Description

PyJWK accepts empty HMAC keys, bypassing PyJWT's empty-key validation

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
Not scored by EPSS
EPSS percentile
Not scored by EPSS
NVD base score
7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-28.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2026-09-28 20:21Z2 HR AGO
Last updated
2026-09-28 20:21Z2 HR AGO
Reserved
2026-09-28
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.4)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
Data version
5.2
Document digest
7e46ee22b97e6a174c70d71655ef46569e09372ea49a80118bdf379509c4993f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
jpadillapyjwt>= 2.13.0, < 2.14.0—

06 References