PyJWT is a Python implementation of JSON Web Token standards. From 2.13.0 until 2.14.0, PyJWS._load in jwt/api_jws.py is affected because parser catches ValueError but not RecursionError. This occurs when a deeply nested token header reaches json.loads. As a result, RecursionError escapes the documented PyJWT error hierarchy. Consequently, an unauthenticated malformed token can cause a request-level failure and HTTP 500. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.0.
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| Description | PyJWT is a Python implementation of JSON Web Token standards. From 2.13.0 until 2.14.0, PyJWS._load in jwt/api_jws.py is affected because parser catches ValueError but not RecursionError. This occurs when a deeply nested token header reaches json.loads. As a result, RecursionError escapes the documented PyJWT error hierarchy. Consequently, an unauthenticated malformed token can cause a request-level failure and HTTP 500. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.0. | |
| Title | PyJWT: Uncaught RecursionError in jwt.decode() on deeply nested token header | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-674 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-09-28T20:48:04.664Z
Updated: 2026-10-01T15:01:31.377Z
Reserved: 2026-09-28T20:11:16.658Z
Link: CVE-2026-102265
Updated: 2026-10-01T15:01:19.632Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-09-28T21:17:14.077
Modified: 2026-10-07T20:57:14.290
Link: CVE-2026-102265