CVE-2026-49265OAuthLib: Timing Attack Vulnerability in PKCE code_verifier Comparison
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 84% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
OAuthLib is an implementation of the OAuth request-signing logic for Python 3.6+. From 3.0.0 until 4.0.0, OAuthLib's PKCE checks in oauthlib/oauth2/rfc6749/grant_types/authorization_code.py compare attacker-supplied code_verifier values with stored challenges using ordinary string equality in code_challenge_method_plain and code_challenge_method_s256. Because the comparison can return after a length difference or the first mismatching character, repeated token endpoint measurements can reveal common-prefix timing information that could potentially allow recovery of the code_verifier, unauthorized access-token acquisition, and account takeover. Practical exploitation requires an intercepted, single-use authorization code and enough measurements to overcome real-world network noise; the local timing benchmark does not establish practical remote account takeover, so the weakness remains a defense-in-depth concern. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.0.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 84% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIoauthlibGHSA-xpv3-w29h-x7cv (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/security/advisories/GHSA-xpv3-w29h-x7cv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/pull/963 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/commit/74664d3fe037a354e180e305135c6bab1747a6b0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/releases/tag/v4.0.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/oauthlib/PYSEC-2026-4114.yaml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-98833 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xpv3-w29h-x7cv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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