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    CVE-2026-120459

    python-jose through 3.5.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to forge JWTs because HMACKey and CryptographyHMACKey accept zero-length HMAC secrets. When an application's HS256/HS384/HS512 verification key resolves to empty, such as an oct JWK with empty k, attackers can forge tokens with arbitrary claims that jwt.decode accepts.

    Published:Nov 2, 2026
    Last Modified:Nov 2, 2026
    EPS:Nov 2, 2026
    EPSS Score:
    CVSS Score:7.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Python-jose Project
    Product
    Python-jose

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-463 Padding Oracle Crypto Attack
    CAPEC-475 Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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