joserfc: HS256/HS384/HS512 verify accepts empty/nil HMAC key (cross-language sibling of CVE-2026-45363)

Summaryjoserfc.jwt.decode accepts attacker-forged HMAC-signed tokens when thecaller-supplied verification key is the empty string or None.HMACAlgorithm.sign and HMACAlgorithm.verify insrc/joserfc/rfc7518/jwsalgs.py:62-70 feed whateverOctKey.getopkey... produced into hmac.new..., and...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21263-1 Security update for python-joserfc

This update for python-joserfc fixes the following issues: Changes in python-joserfc: - CVE-2026-49852: HS256/HS384/HS512 verify accepts empty/nil HMAC key bsc1270234...

EUVD-2026-40234

Strapi users-permissions plugin fails to restrict JWT algorithms when plugin::users-permissions.jwt.algorithm is not explicitly configured, allowing acceptance of HS384 and HS512 tokens alongside HS256. Attackers possessing the jwtSecret can mint tokens with non-standard HMAC variants to bypass...

CVE-2026-57997 Strapi users-permissions - JWT Algorithm Confusion via Missing Algorithm Configuration

Strapi users-permissions plugin fails to restrict JWT algorithms when plugin::users-permissions.jwt.algorithm is not explicitly configured, allowing acceptance of HS384 and HS512 tokens alongside HS256. Attackers possessing the jwtSecret can mint tokens with non-standard HMAC variants to bypass...

GHSA-C32J-VQHX-RX3X ruby-jwt: Empty-key HMAC bypass; cross-language sibling of CVE-2026-44351

JWT.decodetoken, '', true, algorithm: 'HS256' accepts an attacker-forged token. OpenSSL::HMAC.digest'SHA256', '', payload returns a valid digest under an empty key, and no raise InvalidKeyError if key.empty? precondition exists in the HMAC algorithm. JWT.decodetoken, "", true, algorithm: 'HS256' ...

JWTweak - Detects The Algorithm Of Input JWT Token And Provide Options To Generate The New JWT Token Based On The User Selected Algorithm

With the global increase in JSON Web Token JWT usage, the attack surface has also increased significantly. Having said that, this utility is designed with the aim to generate the new JWT token with little or no time which would help security enthusiasts to find security flaws in JWT implementatio...