VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-52428
In Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 9.37.2, an attacker can cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large JWE p2c header value (aka iteration count) for the PasswordBasedDecrypter (PBKDF2) component.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 9.37.2, an attacker can cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large JWE p2c header value (aka iteration count) for the PasswordBasedDecrypter (PBKDF2) component.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.81% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- connect2id/nimbus jose\+jwt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/3b3b77ePatch
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/526/Issue Tracking
- https://connect2id.com/products/nimbus-jose-jwtProduct
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/3b3b77ePatch
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/526/Issue Tracking
- https://connect2id.com/products/nimbus-jose-jwtProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.