CVE-2026-33996 PUBLISHED

LibJWT has NULL/bounds validation in JWK octet and RSA PSS parsing

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.03.2026 Published: 27.03.2026 Updated: 27.03.2026

LibJWT is a C JSON Web Token Library. Starting in version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.3.0, the JWK parsing for RSA-PSS did not protect against a NULL value when expecting to parse JSON string values. A specially crafted JWK file could exploit this behavior by using integers in places where the code expected a string. This was fixed in v3.3.0. A workaround is available. Users importing keys through a JWK file should not do so from untrusted sources. Use the jwk2key tool to check for validity of a JWK file. Likewise, if possible, do not use JWK files with RSA-PSS keys.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CVSS Score: 5.8

Product Status

Vendor benmcollins
Product libjwt
Versions
  • Version >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference CWE