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SCA: security update for pyjwt (GHSA-xgmm-8j9v-c9wx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443250

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - PyJWT is a JSON Web Token implementation in Python. Prior to 2.13.0, when the verifier is decoding JSON
 Web Tokens, while supporting both asymmetric and HMAC algorithms, the library does not validate use of
 JSON Web Keys in HMAC algorithm, allowing attacker to use the issuer public key as the secret key for HMAC
 algorithm. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.13.0. (CVE-2026-48526)

Solution

Update the pyjwt library and its related packages to version 2.13.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xgmm-8j9v-c9wx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443250

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/16/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-48526

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-48526