Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in pyjwt - CVE-2022-29217
Published: May 13, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63168
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29217
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: jpadilla (José Padilla)
Affected software:
pyjwt
pyjwt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm. A remote attacker can cause key confusion through non-blocklisted public key formats.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-29217
Install updates from vendor's website.