Bug 2477934 (CVE-2026-44699) - CVE-2026-44699 libjwt: libjwt: Authentication bypass via algorithm confusion in JWT verification
Summary: CVE-2026-44699 libjwt: libjwt: Authentication bypass via algorithm confusion ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-44699
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-15 17:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-18 12:58 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-15 17:01:25 UTC
LibJWT is a C JSON Web Token Library. From 3.0.0 to 3.3.2, libjwt accepts an RSA JWK that does not contain an alg parameter as the verification key for an HS256/HS384/HS512 token. In the OpenSSL backend, this causes HMAC verification to run with a zero-length key, so an attacker can forge a valid JWT without knowing any secret or RSA private key. This is an algorithm-confusion authentication bypass. It affects applications that load RSA keys from JWKS where alg is omitted, which is valid JWK syntax and common in real deployments, and then choose the verification algorithm from the JWT header, for example in a kid lookup callback. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.3.


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