CVE-2026-33204 PUBLISHED

SimpleJWT has an Unauthenticated Denial of Service via JWE header tampering

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 17.03.2026 Published: 20.03.2026 Updated: 20.03.2026

SimpleJWT is a simple JSON web token library written in PHP. Prior to version 1.1.1, an unauthenticated attacker can perform a Denial of Service via JWE header tampering when PBES2 algorithms are used. Applications that call JWE::decrypt() on attacker-controlled JWEs using PBES2 algorithms are affected. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor kelvinmo
Product simplejwt
Versions
  • Version < 1.1.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE