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Description

JWCrypto implements JWK, JWS, and JWE specifications using python-cryptography. Prior to 1.5.7, an unauthenticated attacker can exhaust server memory by sending crafted JWE tokens with ZIP compression. The existing patch for CVE-2024-28102 limits input token size to 250KB but does not validate the decompressed output size. An unauthenticated attacker can cause memory exhaustion on memory-constrained systems. A token under the 250KB input limit can decompress to approximately 100MB. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.7.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-06 | Published 2026-04-07 | Updated 2026-04-07 | Assigner GitHub_M




MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Problem types

CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Product status

< 1.5.7
affected

References

github.com/...crypto/security/advisories/GHSA-fjrm-76x2-c4q4

cve.org (CVE-2026-39373)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-39373)

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