CVE-2023-6681
DoS with algorithms that use PBKDF2 due to unbounded PBES2 Count value
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
Description
A vulnerability was found in JWCrypto. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack and possible password brute-force and dictionary attacks to be more resource-intensive. This issue can result in a large amount of computational consumption, causing a denial of service attack.
How to fix CVE-2023-6681
To remediate CVE-2023-6681, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.5.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5.1 or later
Is CVE-2023-6681 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0
- from 0, < 1.5.1
- from 0, < 1.5.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |