CVE-2026-29000

Description

pac4j-jwt versions prior to 4.5.9, 5.7.9, and 6.3.3 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in JwtAuthenticator when processing encrypted JWTs that allows remote attackers to forge authentication tokens. Attackers who possess the servers RSA public key can create a JWE-wrapped PlainJWT with arbitrary subject and role claims, bypassing signature verification to authenticate as any user including administrators.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.1
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.057

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-29000 are fixed in Pac4j - pac4j-jwt 6.3.3Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-29000 are fixed in Pac4j - pac4j-jwt 5.7.9Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-29000 are fixed in Pac4j - pac4j-jwt 4.5.9Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-29000 are fixed in Pac4j - pac4j-jwt for Linux 6.3.3Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-29000 are fixed in Pac4j - pac4j-jwt for Linux 5.7.9Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-29000 are fixed in Pac4j - pac4j-jwt for Linux 4.5.9Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234