Service interruption via oversized JWT exception logging
Published Nov 18, 2025 · Updated Nov 19, 2025
Resource exhaustion in Authlib joserfc 1.3.3 through 1.3.4 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to interrupt service. JWS and JWE registry size validators place complete attacker-controlled token segments into ExceededSizeError messages consumed by logging systems. Exploitation requires an application to accept an oversized JWT and log the exception without an effective upstream request-size limit.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in Authlib joserfc 1.3.3 through 1.3.4 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to interrupt service. JWS and JWE registry size validators place complete attacker-controlled token segments into ExceededSizeError messages consumed by logging systems. Exploitation requires an application to accept an oversized JWT and log the exception without an effective upstream request-size limit.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-65015
- Published
- Nov 18, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 19, 2025
- Vendor
- Authlib
- Product
- joserfc
- Classifications
- CWE-770, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=>= 1.3.3, < 1.3.5
- Affected versionversion=>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.2
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Public exploit references
- Upstream oversized JWT logging proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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