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CVE-2026-102265

CVE-2026-102265MEDIUM

jpadilla pyjwt — PyJWT: Uncaught RecursionError in jwt.decode() on deeply nested token header

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  N  N  L    5.3   .0029   19.9     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions               Fixed
  pyjwt    >= 2.13.0, < 2.14.0 –  —

TIMELINE
  Sep 28  Reserved by GitHub_M
  Sep 28  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
  Oct 7   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-102265 (jpadilla pyjwt). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-674 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

PyJWT is a Python implementation of JSON Web Token standards. From 2.13.0 until 2.14.0, PyJWS._load in jwt/api_jws.py is affected because parser catches ValueError but not RecursionError. This occurs when a deeply nested token header reaches json.loads. As a result, RecursionError escapes the documented PyJWT error hierarchy. Consequently, an unauthenticated malformed token can cause a request-level failure and HTTP 500. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.0.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
September 28, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitHub_M
September 28, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
October 7, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-102265 (jpadilla pyjwt). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
jpadilla	pyjwt	—	>= 2.13.0, < 2.14.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-674

References (3)

https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/commit/06573692ebcdec8831c3927513b3e87c31fbbb62 [Patch]
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/releases/tag/2.14.0 [Product, Release Notes]
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-8wjv-2p76-3863 [Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-102265 at cve.org

Vendors: jpadilla

Weaknesses: CWE-674

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