PyJWT: Asymmetric-PEM detection bypass: whitespace/line-ending-mutated public keys skip the HS/asymmetric confusion guard

Prerequisites both conditions must hold; both are deployment properties, not attacker-controlled at request time:- The jwt.decode allow-list mixes an HMAC algorithm with an asymmetric one, e.g. algorithms="ES256", "HS256" the RFC 8725 footgun the guard exists to backstop.- The verification key is...

PYSEC-2026-4145 PyJWT: Asymmetric-PEM detection bypass: whitespace/line-ending-mutated public keys skip the HS/asymmetric confusion guard

Prerequisites both conditions must hold; both are deployment properties, not attacker-controlled at request time: - The jwt.decode allow-list mixes an HMAC algorithm with an asymmetric one, e.g. algorithms="ES256", "HS256" the RFC 8725 footgun the guard exists to backstop. - The verification key ...

PyJWT: Asymmetric-PEM detection bypass: whitespace/line-ending-mutated public keys skip the HS/asymmetric confusion guard

Prerequisites both conditions must hold; both are deployment properties, not attacker-controlled at request time: - The jwt.decode allow-list mixes an HMAC algorithm with an asymmetric one, e.g. algorithms="ES256", "HS256" the RFC 8725 footgun the guard exists to backstop. - The verification key ...