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CVE-2024-28176

jose is JavaScript module for JSON Object Signing and Encryption, providing support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web

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 CPU time or memory during JWE Decryption operations.

This issue has been patched in versions 2.0.7 and 4.15.5.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.00572
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Weakness Classification

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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Affected Products & Versions

3
jose project jose< 2.0.7
jose project jose>= 3.0.0 and < 4.15.5
fedoraproject fedora>= 38 and <= 40
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Affected Packages

3
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
npm jose MODERATE fixed in 4.15.5
npm jose-node-cjs-runtime MODERATE fixed in 4.15.5
npm jose-node-esm-runtime MODERATE fixed in 4.15.5
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Scoring & Timeline

4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security-advisories@github.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD09 Mar 2024 · 01:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

15
rhsaRHSA-2024:8676Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:6755Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:4591Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2024:5094Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2024:0045Moderate
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/panva/jose/commit/02a65794f7873cdaf12e81e80ad076fcdc4a9314Patch
https://github.com/panva/jose/commit/1b91d88d2f8233f3477a5f4579aa5f8057b2ee8bPatch
https://github.com/panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-hhhv-q57g-882qVendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6MMWFBOXJA6ZCXNVPDFJ4XMK5PVG5RG/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KXKGNCRU7OTM5AHC7YIYBNOWI742PRMY/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UG5FSEYJ3GP27FZXC5YAAMMEC5XWKJHG/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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