CVE-2026-102273: PyJWT accepts public JWK containers as HMAC secrets
PyJWT 2.13.0 contains an incomplete defense against algorithm confusion when
an application mixes symmetric and asymmetric algorithms in one verification
path. A public RSA, EC, or OKP JWK can be accepted as an HMAC secret when it
is wrapped in a JWKS object, nested in an array, or represented in another
container form that does not expose a top-level kty member.
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