CVE-2024-28122
This vulnerability allows an attacker with a trusted public key to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
JWX is Go module implementing various JWx (JWA/JWE/JWK/JWS/JWT, otherwise known as JOSE) technologies. This vulnerability allows an attacker with a trusted public key to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio. This issue has been patched in versions 1.2.29 and 2.0.21.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.57% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- lestrrat-go/jwx
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/releases/tag/v1.2.29Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/releases/tag/v2.0.21Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/security/advisories/GHSA-hj3v-m684-v259Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/releases/tag/v1.2.29Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/releases/tag/v2.0.21Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/security/advisories/GHSA-hj3v-m684-v259Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.