CVE-2017-11424

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In PyJWT 1.5.0 and below the `invalid_strings` check in `HMACAlgorithm.prepare_key` does not account for all PEM encoded public keys. Specifically, the PKCS1 PEM encoded format would be allowed because it is prefaced with the string `-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----` which is not accounted for. This enables symmetric/asymmetric key confusion attacks against users using the PKCS1 PEM encoded public keys, which would allow an attacker to craft JWTs from scratch.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3979Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/277Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3979Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt/pull/277Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 24, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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