VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-52428

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-02-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Primary references