CVE-2023-52428 (High) detected in nimbus-jose-jwt-8.0.jar

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CVE-2023-52428 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nimbus-jose-jwt-8.0.jar

Java library for Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

Library home page: http://connect2id.com

Path to dependency file: /public_pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /r/.m2/repository/com/nimbusds/nimbus-jose-jwt/8.0/nimbus-jose-jwt-8.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **nimbus-jose-jwt-8.0.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: aa40092028e95cb7f705790daf7b10cd7b553a85

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2024-02-11

URL: CVE-2023-52428

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52428

Release Date: 2024-02-11

Fix Resolution: 9.37.2

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