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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.9 Medium

CVE-2026-80179

Jwcrypto: jwcrypto: denial of service via malformed jwe tokens

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

Default version status: affected

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