CVE-2026-28802
Authlib: Setting `alg: none` and a blank signature appears to bypass signature verification
02 Description
Authlib: Setting `alg: none` and a blank signature appears to bypass signature verification
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-10.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2026-03-06 06:44Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-10 12:05Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-03-03
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 63249d72ae7d6b046595e804b4576c35feeeccc5ee94345a1c251d5fa4519a2e
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/authlib/authlib/security/advisories/GHSA-7wc2-qxgw-g8gg
- github.comhttps://github.com/authlib/authlib/commit/a61c2acb807496e67f32051b5f1b1d5ccf8f0a75
- github.comhttps://github.com/authlib/authlib/commit/b87c32ed07b8ae7f805873e1c9cafd1016761df7
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28802
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2445120https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2445120
- security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-28802.json
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6309
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5665
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4942
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6568
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19375
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5168
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- python-authlib No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- python-authlib Fixed in 1.6.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- python-authlib No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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