CVE-2026-48990
Medium · 5.3CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.3%
Published
Jun 17, 2026
CISA due date
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The record
joserfc is a Python library that provides an implementation of several JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) standards. In versions 1.3.4 through 1.6.5, joserfc accepts oversized RFC7797 b64=false JWS payloads without applying JWSRegistry.max_payload_length, which can lead to resource exhaustion. The normal JWS compact and flattened JSON paths reject payloads above the configured payload-size limit with ExceededSizeError. The RFC7797 unencoded payload paths do not make the same check. A valid b64=false compact or flattened JSON JWS can therefore deserialize successfully with a payload larger than JWSRegistry.max_payload_length. Applications that accept lower-trust JWS values and rely on joserfc to reject oversized token content during verification have a moderate availability risk. This issue has been fixed in version 1.6.7.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | python-joserfc | 0 | 1.7.1-1.1 |
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