CVE-2024-28176 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Jose
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.9
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 9
Description
jose is JavaScript module for JSON Object Signing and Encryption, providing support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Key (JWK), JSON Web Key Set (JWKS), and more. A vulnerability has
been identified in the JSON Web Encryption (JWE) decryption interfaces, specifically related to the support for decompressing plaintext after its decryption. Under certain conditions it is possible to have the user's environment consume unreasonable amount of C…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
CVE-2024-28176: jose is JavaScript module for JSON Object Signing and Encryption, providing support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encr↗2024-03-09
CVEList▶
jose vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE with compressed plaintext↗2024-03-09
OSV▶
jose vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE with compressed plaintext↗2024-03-07
GHSA▶
jose vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE with compressed plaintext↗2024-03-07