OAuthLib is an implementation of the OAuth request-signing logic for Python 3.6+. Prior to 4.0.0, the client_credentials and Resource Owner Password Credentials token grant handlers can authenticate request.client as one confidential client while retaining an attacker-supplied request.client_id for validate_grant_type and validate_scopes. A lower-privilege authenticated client can therefore cause grant and scope authorization to use another client's identity when an application validator relies on the documented client_id argument, potentially issuing tokens with unauthorized grants or scopes. Validators that authorize exclusively from request.client may not be affected. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.0.
https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/security/advisories/GHSA-7984-qgvg-3j9c
https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/releases/tag/v4.0.0
https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/pull/920
https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/commit/c951a1d09f99f14e3240973fa83c4f4287d4753d
Published: 2026-10-28
Updated: 2026-10-29
Base Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.4
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00312