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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-102265

🗓️ 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unauthenticated malformed token causes request-level failure and HTTP 500 in PyJWT.

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  - 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. (CVE-2026-102265)

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if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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          {"reference": "fence-virtd-cpg"},
          {"reference": "fence-virtd-libvirt"},
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          {"reference": "fence-virtd-serial"},
          {"reference": "fence-virtd-tcp"},
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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30 Sep 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.15.3
EPSS0.00291
3