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CVE-2024-28176

CVE-2024-28176 · jose vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE with compressed plaintext

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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.

CVSS 4.9 · Medium · EPSS 2.1% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system · node

Affected products and versions

  • jose

    Versions
    • >= 3.0.0, <= 4.15.4: Affected
    • < 2.0.7: Affected

    No fix published

  • jose npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: ≥ 3.0.0, < 4.15.5

    Update to 4.15.5

  • jose-node-cjs-runtime npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: < 4.15.5

    Update to 4.15.5

  • jose-node-esm-runtime npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: < 4.15.5

    Update to 4.15.5

  • jose npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: < 2.0.7

    Update to 2.0.7

  • node-jose Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.3.7+ds-1
    • 4.4.0+ds-1
    • 4.5.0+ds-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-jose Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.11.4-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-jose Ubuntu:25.10

    Versions
    • 4.11.4-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

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