VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-28122

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-03-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-400

Primary references