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PHP JWT Library: RSA1_5 (RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5) decryption lacks implicit rejection, exposing a Bleichenbacher/Marvin padding oracle

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Medium
Published: 06/18/2026 (06/18/2026, 21:09:56 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Product: web-token/jwt-library

Description

### Impact `RSACrypt::decryptWithRSA15()` (used by the `RSA1_5` key-encryption algorithm) implements RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5 decryption by inspecting the padding after RSADP and throwing `InvalidArgumentException` as soon as the padding is malformed. It does **not** implement the implicit-rejection countermeasure required by RFC 3447 §7.2.2 / RFC 8017 §7.1.2 (return a deterministic pseudo-random value of the expected length on padding failure and let the downstream step fail uniformly). From a JWE caller this yields a Bleichenbacher/Marvin padding oracle: an attacker submitting adaptively crafted `encrypted_key` values can distinguish (a) padding rejected, (b) padding valid but wrong CEK length, and (c) padding valid and full AEAD executed — even though `JWEDecrypter` returns the same `false` in all cases — because each path performs a measurably different amount of work, amplifiable by enlarging the ciphertext (CWE-208 timing side channel). Enough adaptive queries can recover the wrapped CEK. ### Affected configurations Applications that register `RSA1_5` in their decryption `AlgorithmManager` and hold an RSA private key. ### Patches PKCS#1 v1.5 decryption now performs implicit rejection: on invalid padding (or unexpected recovered length) it returns a random CEK of the expected size selected in constant time, so the full content-decryption (AEAD) step always runs and fails uniformly, removing the observable difference between padding-valid and padding-invalid ciphertexts. Users are still strongly encouraged to migrate to `RSA-OAEP`. ### Workarounds Prefer `RSA-OAEP`/`RSA-OAEP-256`; do not enable `RSA1_5` for untrusted tokens. ### References - RFC 3447 §7.2.2 / RFC 8017 §7.1.2 - Bleichenbacher (1998); Marvin attack - CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy ## Résolution Un correctif a été préparé sur une branche dédiée basée sur `3.4.x`, avec des tests anti-régression dédiés (fork privé temporaire de cette advisory, PR #1). **RSA1_5** — déchiffrement PKCS#1 v1.5 avec *implicit rejection* en temps constant (RFC 3447 §7.2.2) : un padding invalide n'est plus distinguable d'un padding valide, neutralisant l'oracle Bleichenbacher. **Validation :** `php -l` OK, PHPUnit vert, aucune nouvelle erreur PHPStan introduite (différentiel nul vs `3.4.x`), aucun commentaire ajouté dans le code source. Après merge, cascade prévue `3.4.x → 4.0.x → 4.1.x`.

CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
Low
Vuln. Integrity
None
Vuln. Availability
None
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected software

Packagistghsa
web-token/jwt-library
Affected versions
<3.4.10
Packagistghsa
web-token/jwt-library
Affected versions
>=4.0.0 <4.0.7
Packagistghsa
web-token/jwt-library
Affected versions
>=4.1.0 <4.1.7

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
GHSA-5739-39v2-5754
Osv Schema Version
1.4.0
Aliases
[]
Ecosystems
["Packagist"]
Database Specific Severity
MODERATE
Cvss Version
4.0

Threat ID: 6a95a0d7acd9273b494784c2

Added to database: 08/31/2026, 15:42:15 UTC

Last updated: 08/31/2026, 15:42:15 UTC

Views: 1

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