Is pyjwt affected by CVE-2026-48526?

PyPI pyjwt is affected in <2.13.0.

Is CVE-2026-48526 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.4%.

high

CVE-2026-48526

Q: Is CVE-2026-48526 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.4%.

PyPI · pyjwt

Summary

PyJWT: Public-key JWK accepted as HMAC secret enables forged HS256 tokens when mixed families are allowed

Severity: high
EPSS: 0.4% (p37)
Also known as: GHSA-xgmm-8j9v-c9wx, PYSEC-2026-179
Published: 2026-06-15

References

https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-xgmm-8j9v-c9wx
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48526
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt

Related advisories

GHSA-pxh4-856f-4h89 — high · PyPI/pyjwt
CVE-2026-102271 — high · PyPI/pyjwt
CVE-2026-32597 — high · PyPI/pyjwt
CVE-2025-45768 — high · PyPI/pyjwt
CVE-2026-102270 — medium · PyPI/pyjwt
CVE-2026-101917 — medium · PyPI/pyjwt
CVE-2026-48525 — medium · PyPI/pyjwt
CVE-2026-48522 — medium · PyPI/pyjwt

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