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Ubuntu Security NoticesUSN-9075-1

USN-9075-1: libjwt vulnerability

Severity not listed 0 CVEs Published Nov 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM UTC

Summary

It was discovered that libjwt did not use a constant-time comparison when verifying HMAC signatures. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to forge signatures through a timing side-channel attack and bypass authentication.

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