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SCA: security update for authlib (GHSA-6v38-4h7w-rj9h)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 477649

Description

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

 - Authlib (v1.7.2 and below) contains a signature verification bypass vulnerability. The
 JsonWebSignature.deserialize_json() method accepts a JSON Serialization JWS object and returns the payload
 as successfully verified without checking for a signature and without requiring a cryptographic key.
 (CVE-2026-96760)

Solution

Update the authlib library and its related packages to version 1.9.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6v38-4h7w-rj9h

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 477649

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/27/2026

Updated: 10/27/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.21

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96760

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96760

cwe: CWE-347