RockyLinux 10 : python-jwcrypto (RLSA-2026:98061)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 380239

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:98061 advisory.

* jwcrypto: jwcrypto: Denial of Service via malformed JWE tokens (CVE-2026-80179)

* jwcrypto: jwcrypto: denial of service via O(n^2) duplicate check on unbounded JWK key_ops array (CVE-2026-92091)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python3-jwcrypto package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 380239

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-98061.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/13/2026

Updated: 11/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-92091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-jwcrypto

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-80179, CVE-2026-92091

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