DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61152

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-61152
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61152.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61152
Upstream
  • CVE-2025-61152
Withdrawn
2025-11-25T13:50:43Z
Published
2025-10-10T14:15:43Z
Modified
2025-11-25T13:50:43Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

python-jose thru 3.3.0 allows JWT tokens with 'alg=none' to be decoded and accepted without any cryptographic signature verification. A malicious actor can craft a forged token with arbitrary claims (e.g., is_admin=true) and bypass authentication checks, leading to privilege escalation or unauthorized access in applications that rely on python-jose for token validation. This issue is exploitable unless developers explicitly reject 'alg=none' tokens, which is not enforced by the library.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / python-jose

Package

Name
python-jose
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-jose?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.3.0+dfsg-4
3.3.0+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61152.json"