# CVE-2026-28490: Authlib Vulnerable to JWE RSA1\_5 Bleichenbacher Padding Oracle

- Also known as: GHSA-7432-952R-CW78, PYSEC-2026-2116
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.9
- Published: 2026-03-16 · Updated: 2026-03-16

## Affected

- authlib: fixed in 1.6.9
- authlib (PyPI): fixed in 1.6.9

## Description

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to version 1.6.9, a cryptographic padding oracle vulnerability was identified in the Authlib Python library concerning the implementation of the JSON Web Encryption (JWE) RSA1_5 key management algorithm. Authlib registers RSA1_5 in its default algorithm registry without requiring explicit opt-in, and actively destroys the constant-time Bleichenbacher mitigation that the underlying cryptography library implements correctly. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on authlib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/authlib/authlib/security/advisories/GHSA-7432-952r-cw78
- https://github.com/authlib/authlib/commit/48b345f29f6c459f11c6a40162b6c0b742ef2e22
- https://github.com/authlib/authlib/releases/tag/v1.6.9

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