CVE-2023-52428
Denial of Service in Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.10%
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-52428
To remediate CVE-2023-52428, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt—upgrade to 9.37.2 or later
Is CVE-2023-52428 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 9.37.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |