Upstream information
Description
Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to version 1.6.5, Authlib's JWE zip=DEF path performs unbounded DEFLATE decompression. A very small ciphertext can expand into tens or hundreds of megabytes on decrypt, allowing an attacker who can supply decryptable tokens to exhaust memory and CPU and cause denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.5. Workarounds for this issue involve rejecting or stripping zip=DEF for inbound JWEs at the application boundary, forking and add a bounded decompression guard via decompressobj().decompress(data, MAX_SIZE)) and returning an error when output exceeds a safe limit, or enforcing strict maximum token sizes and fail fast on oversized inputs; combine with rate limiting.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | SUSE |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | Present |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
List of packages in QA
| Product(s) | Package(s) |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 |
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Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | python-Authlib | In progress |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | python-Authlib | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Oct 23 02:04:09 2025CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 24 14:46:22 2025