Lemur : JWT verifier trusts attacker-supplied alg from token header — defense-in-depth gap; chain-dependent ATO with secret disclosure
Published Aug 18, 2026
4.8
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
Description
Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.2, the JWT verifier in lemur/auth/service.py:130-137 used fetch_token_header to read header_data["alg"] from an unverified token and passed that attacker-controlled value to decode_with_multiple_secrets. PyJWT 2.x rejects alg=none with the configured key, so the flaw is a defense-in-depth gap rather than a direct authentication bypass in the shipped configuration. The unpinned algorithm can become exploitable after an asymmetric-signing migration through algorithm confusion, and it weakens algorithm-based anomaly detection because the token chooses the recorded value. A separate disclosure of LEMUR_TOKEN_SECRET would also permit forged HS256 tokens, although that disclosure is an independent prerequisite. The fix introduces the server-controlled LEMUR_TOKEN_ALGORITHMS allowlist and defaults it to HS256. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.2.
Affected products
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- Version < 1.9.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
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Remediation
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References (5)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-61146 Advisory
- https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/commit/89898e665beed044cf7bd5927dfaa484e55bf242 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/releases/tag/v1.9.2 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/security/advisories/GHSA-r9gp-7f88-9r54 exploitx_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9gp-7f88-9r54 Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-61146 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/commit/89898e665beed044cf7bd5927dfaa484e55bf242 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/releases/tag/v1.9.2 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/security/advisories/GHSA-r9gp-7f88-9r54 | exploitx_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9gp-7f88-9r54 | Advisory |
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