CVE-2026-80179
A flaw was found in jwcrypto. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token containing numerous period delimiters. This malformed token can force the JWE.deserialize() function to allocate excessive memory, leading to a MemoryError. This issue results in a denial of service (DoS) for services that process untrusted JWE values.
Published:Aug 26, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 1, 2026
EPS:Aug 27, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00251
CVSS Score:5.9
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Red Hat
Product
Red Hat Openshift Ai (rhoai)
Red Hat
Red Hat Openshift Ai (rhoai)
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Ansible Automation Platform
Redhat
Ansible Automation Platform
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openshift Ai
Redhat
Openshift Ai
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openstack
Redhat
Openstack
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openstack Platform
Redhat
Openstack Platform
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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High
