CVE-2026-80179EPSS p32.7%

CVE-2026-80179CVE-2026-80179

Description

A flaw was found in jwcrypto. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token containing numerous period delimiters. This malformed token can force the JWE.deserialize() function to allocate excessive memory, leading to a MemoryError. This issue results in a denial of service (DoS) for services that process untrusted JWE values.

Scoring

CVSS 5.9 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS0.41% probability of exploitation · percentile 32.7% · 2026-10-06T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-08-31
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.