CVE-2026-114620

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to 1.9.0, Authlib's RFC 9101 JWTAuthenticationRequest passes the unauthenticated, client-controlled request_uri parameter to the abstract get_request_object() hook before applying a destination or registration policy; the hook itself performs no network request, while the documentation demonstrates an unrestricted HTTP fetch. In deployments whose integrator implements that hook as an unrestricted outbound fetch, a remote attacker who knows a valid public client identifier can make the authorization server request internal, link-local, or otherwise unintended URLs and can distinguish fetch outcomes through different error responses and timing. Deployments whose custom hook already applies a secure allowlist, destination controls, and retrieval limits are not affected. The JWTAuthenticationRequest implementation in authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py forwards request_uri to get_request_object() before an application-approved retrieval policy accepts the destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0.

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to 1.9.0, Authlib's RFC 9101 JWTAuthenticationRequest passes the unauthenticated, client-controlled request_uri parameter to the abstract get_request_object() hook before applying a destination or registration policy; the hook itself performs no network request, while the documentation demonstrates an unrestricted HTTP fetch. In deployments whose integrator implements that hook as an unrestricted outbound fetch, a remote attacker who knows a valid public client identifier can make the authorization server request internal, link-local, or otherwise unintended URLs and can distinguish fetch outcomes through different error responses and timing. Deployments whose custom hook already applies a secure allowlist, destination controls, and retrieval limits are not affected. The JWTAuthenticationRequest implementation in authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py forwards request_uri to get_request_object() before an application-approved retrieval policy accepts the destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0.

Summary

Authlib's RFC 9101 (JAR) extension passes the attacker-controlled request_uri authorization parameter straight to the get_request_object() fetch hook with no validation, at a pre-authentication endpoint. Authlib already defines the pre-registration allowlist for this (request_uris client metadata and require_request_uri_registration server metadata) but the extension never consults it, and both docstrings instruct integrators to implement the hook as an unrestricted requests.get(request_uri). Deployments following the documented pattern get an unauthenticated SSRF primitive.

Details

Verified against authlib 1.7.2 and current main. All line numbers below are from authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py.

The extension registers itself on the before_get_authorization_grant hook (lines 62-65), so it runs on every authorization request before any user or client authentication. support_request_uri defaults to True (line 58).

The only gate before the sink is that client_id names an existing client (lines 91-103). A client_id is a public, non-secret identifier.

The sink at line 159 forwards the raw parameter with no scheme, host, or allowlist check:

def _get_raw_request_object(self, request: OAuth2Request) -> str:
    if "request_uri" in request.payload.data:
        raw_request_object = self.get_request_object(
            request.payload.data["request_uri"]
        )
        if not raw_request_object:
            raise InvalidRequestUriError(state=request.payload.state)

get_request_object is abstract (line 213, raise NotImplementedError() at line 225), so authlib itself performs no outbound request. The defect is that authlib supplies unvalidated attacker input to that extension point and then documents the insecure implementation twice — in the class docstring (lines 34-38) and in the hook's own docstring (lines 218-223):

def get_request_object(self, request_uri: str):
    try:
        return requests.get(request_uri).text
    except requests.Exception:
        return None

Two points sharpen this beyond a generic documentation issue:

• The allowlist already exists and is ignored. Authlib validates request_uris as client metadata (authlib/oauth2/rfc7591/claims.py:319) and require_request_uri_registration as server metadata (authlib/oauth2/rfc8414/models.py:263). The rfc9101 package contains zero references to either name, so the pre-registration model is never enforced at the point of use.
• RFC 9101 §10.4.1 asks for controls that are absent. It states the server should "a) check that the value of the request_uri parameter does not point to an unexpected location, b) check that the media type of the response is application/oauth-authz-req+jwt, c) implement a timeout for obtaining the content of request_uri, and d) not perform recursive GET on the request_uri." The extension implements none of these and the documented example implements none of them either.

The two failure paths are distinguishable, which supplies the inference channel for a blind SSRF: a falsy fetch result raises InvalidRequestUriError (invalid_request_uri, lines 162-163), while a successful fetch of non-JWT content raises InvalidRequestObjectError (invalid_request_object, line 186).

PoC

This demonstrates the library-level defect with no network egress required: it shows the unvalidated URI reaching the fetch hook pre-authentication.

python -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install authlib

from authlib.oauth2.rfc6749.requests import BasicOAuth2Payload, OAuth2Request
from authlib.oauth2.rfc9101 import JWTAuthenticationRequest

reached = []


class Extension(JWTAuthenticationRequest):
    def get_request_object(self, request_uri):
        reached.append(request_uri)  # the docstring puts requests.get(request_uri) here
        return None

    def resolve_client_public_key(self, client):
        return {"keys": []}
…

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to 1.9.0, Authlib's RFC 9101 JWTAuthenticationRequest passes the unauthenticated, client-controlled request_uri parameter to the abstract get_request_object() hook before applying a destination or registration policy; the hook itself performs no network request, while the documentation demonstrates an unrestricted HTTP fetch. In deployments whose integrator implements that hook as an unrestricted outbound fetch, a remote attacker who knows a valid public client identifier can make the authorization server request internal, link-local, or otherwise unintended URLs and can distinguish fetch outcomes through different error responses and timing. Deployments whose custom hook already applies a secure allowlist, destination controls, and retrieval limits are not affected. The JWTAuthenticationRequest implementation in authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py forwards request_uri to get_request_object() before an application-approved retrieval policy accepts the destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0.

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to 1.9.0, Authlib's RFC 9101 JWTAuthenticationRequest passes the unauthenticated, client-controlled request_uri parameter to the abstract get_request_object() hook before applying a destination or registration policy; the hook itself performs no network request, while the documentation demonstrates an unrestricted HTTP fetch. In deployments whose integrator implements that hook as an unrestricted outbound fetch, a remote attacker who knows a valid public client identifier can make the authorization server request internal, link-local, or otherwise unintended URLs and can distinguish fetch outcomes through different error responses and timing. Deployments whose custom hook already applies a secure allowlist, destination controls, and retrieval limits are not affected. The JWTAuthenticationRequest implementation in authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py forwards request_uri to get_request_object() before an application-approved retrieval policy accepts the destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0.

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to 1.9.0, Authlib's RFC 9101 JWTAuthenticationRequest passes the unauthenticated, client-controlled request_uri parameter to the abstract get_request_object() hook before applying a destination or registration policy; the hook itself performs no network request, while the documentation demonstrates an unrestricted HTTP fetch. In deployments whose integrator implements that hook as an unrestricted outbound fetch, a remote attacker who knows a valid public client identifier can make the authorization server request internal, link-local, or otherwise unintended URLs and can distinguish fetch outcomes through different error responses and timing. Deployments whose custom hook already applies a secure allowlist, destination controls, and retrieval limits are not affected. The JWTAuthenticationRequest implementation in authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py forwards request_uri to get_request_object() before an application-approved retrieval policy accepts the destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0.

Summary

Authlib's RFC 9101 (JAR) extension passes the attacker-controlled request_uri authorization parameter straight to the get_request_object() fetch hook with no validation, at a pre-authentication endpoint. Authlib already defines the pre-registration allowlist for this (request_uris client metadata and require_request_uri_registration server metadata) but the extension never consults it, and both docstrings instruct integrators to implement the hook as an unrestricted requests.get(request_uri). Deployments following the documented pattern get an unauthenticated SSRF primitive.

Details

Verified against authlib 1.7.2 and current main. All line numbers below are from authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py.

The extension registers itself on the before_get_authorization_grant hook (lines 62-65), so it runs on every authorization request before any user or client authentication. support_request_uri defaults to True (line 58).

The only gate before the sink is that client_id names an existing client (lines 91-103). A client_id is a public, non-secret identifier.

The sink at line 159 forwards the raw parameter with no scheme, host, or allowlist check:

def _get_raw_request_object(self, request: OAuth2Request) -> str:
    if "request_uri" in request.payload.data:
        raw_request_object = self.get_request_object(
            request.payload.data["request_uri"]
        )
        if not raw_request_object:
            raise InvalidRequestUriError(state=request.payload.state)

get_request_object is abstract (line 213, raise NotImplementedError() at line 225), so authlib itself performs no outbound request. The defect is that authlib supplies unvalidated attacker input to that extension point and then documents the insecure implementation twice — in the class docstring (lines 34-38) and in the hook's own docstring (lines 218-223):

def get_request_object(self, request_uri: str):
    try:
        return requests.get(request_uri).text
    except requests.Exception:
        return None

Two points sharpen this beyond a generic documentation issue:

• The allowlist already exists and is ignored. Authlib validates request_uris as client metadata (authlib/oauth2/rfc7591/claims.py:319) and require_request_uri_registration as server metadata (authlib/oauth2/rfc8414/models.py:263). The rfc9101 package contains zero references to either name, so the pre-registration model is never enforced at the point of use.
• RFC 9101 §10.4.1 asks for controls that are absent. It states the server should "a) check that the value of the request_uri parameter does not point to an unexpected location, b) check that the media type of the response is application/oauth-authz-req+jwt, c) implement a timeout for obtaining the content of request_uri, and d) not perform recursive GET on the request_uri." The extension implements none of these and the documented example implements none of them either.

The two failure paths are distinguishable, which supplies the inference channel for a blind SSRF: a falsy fetch result raises InvalidRequestUriError (invalid_request_uri, lines 162-163), while a successful fetch of non-JWT content raises InvalidRequestObjectError (invalid_request_object, line 186).

PoC

This demonstrates the library-level defect with no network egress required: it shows the unvalidated URI reaching the fetch hook pre-authentication.

python -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install authlib

from authlib.oauth2.rfc6749.requests import BasicOAuth2Payload, OAuth2Request
from authlib.oauth2.rfc9101 import JWTAuthenticationRequest

reached = []


class Extension(JWTAuthenticationRequest):
    def get_request_object(self, request_uri):
        reached.append(request_uri)  # the docstring puts requests.get(request_uri) here
        return None

    def resolve_client_public_key(self, client):
        return {"keys": []}
…

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to 1.9.0, Authlib's RFC 9101 JWTAuthenticationRequest passes the unauthenticated, client-controlled request_uri parameter to the abstract get_request_object() hook before applying a destination or registration policy; the hook itself performs no network request, while the documentation demonstrates an unrestricted HTTP fetch. In deployments whose integrator implements that hook as an unrestricted outbound fetch, a remote attacker who knows a valid public client identifier can make the authorization server request internal, link-local, or otherwise unintended URLs and can distinguish fetch outcomes through different error responses and timing. Deployments whose custom hook already applies a secure allowlist, destination controls, and retrieval limits are not affected. The JWTAuthenticationRequest implementation in authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py forwards request_uri to get_request_object() before an application-approved retrieval policy accepts the destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0.

Authlib is a Python library which builds OAuth and OpenID Connect servers. Prior to 1.9.0, Authlib's RFC 9101 JWTAuthenticationRequest passes the unauthenticated, client-controlled request_uri parameter to the abstract get_request_object() hook before applying a destination or registration policy; the hook itself performs no network request, while the documentation demonstrates an unrestricted HTTP fetch. In deployments whose integrator implements that hook as an unrestricted outbound fetch, a remote attacker who knows a valid public client identifier can make the authorization server request internal, link-local, or otherwise unintended URLs and can distinguish fetch outcomes through different error responses and timing. Deployments whose custom hook already applies a secure allowlist, destination controls, and retrieval limits are not affected. The JWTAuthenticationRequest implementation in authlib/oauth2/rfc9101/authorization_server.py forwards request_uri to get_request_object() before an application-approved retrieval policy accepts the destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.9.0.