  We present near- and mid-infrared (0.9-18 $\mu$m) photometry of supernova
(SN) 2021afdx, which was imaged serendipitously with the James Webb Space
Telescope (JWST) as part of its Early Release Observations of the Cartwheel
Galaxy. Our ground-based optical observations show it is likely to be a Type
IIb SN, the explosion of a yellow supergiant, and its infrared spectral energy
distribution (SED) $\approx$200 days after explosion shows two distinct
components, which we attribute to hot ejecta and warm dust. By fitting models
of dust emission to the SED, we derive a dust mass of $(3.8_{-0.3}^{+0.5})
\times 10^{-3}\ M_\odot$, which is the highest yet observed in a Type IIb SN
but consistent with other Type II SNe observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope.
We also find that the radius of the dust is significantly larger than the
radius of the ejecta, as derived from spectroscopic velocities during the
photospheric phase, which implies that we are seeing an infrared echo off of
preexisting dust in the progenitor environment, rather than dust newly formed
by the SN. Our results show the power of JWST to address questions of dust
formation in SNe, and therefore the presence of dust in the early universe,
with much larger samples than have been previously possible.
