{"id":"CVE-2017-16007","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16007","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:09:15.568Z","title":"node-jose is a JavaScript implementation of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) for current web browsers and node.js-based servers. node-jose earlier than version 0.9.3 is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack.","description":"node-jose is a JavaScript implementation of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) for current web browsers and node.js-based servers. node-jose earlier than version 0.9.3 is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.","published":"2018-06-04T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["cisco/node-jose"],"epss":{"score":0.00913,"percentile":0.59891,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blog.intothesymmetry.com/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-in-json-web.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/cisco/node-jose","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/324","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"http://blog.intothesymmetry.com/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-in-json-web.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/cisco/node-jose","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/324","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16007","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}