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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-44699
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Source-security-advisories@github.com
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Published At-15 May, 2026 | 17:16
Updated At-15 May, 2026 | 19:17

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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Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary4.09.1CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Type: Secondary
Version: 4.0
Base score: 9.1
Base severity: CRITICAL
Vector:
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CPE Matches

Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-327Secondarysecurity-advisories@github.com
CWE-347Secondarysecurity-advisories@github.com
CWE ID: CWE-327
Type: Secondary
Source: security-advisories@github.com
CWE ID: CWE-347
Type: Secondary
Source: security-advisories@github.com
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Vendor Statements

References
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https://github.com/benmcollins/libjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-q843-6q5f-w55gsecurity-advisories@github.com
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https://github.com/benmcollins/libjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-q843-6q5f-w55g134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/benmcollins/libjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-q843-6q5f-w55g
Source: security-advisories@github.com
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/benmcollins/libjwt/security/advisories/GHSA-q843-6q5f-w55g
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
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