CVE-2024-28176

jose vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE with compressed plaintext

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2024 at 12:43 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:21 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraJoseJose

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

jose is JavaScript module for JSON Object Signing and Encryption, providing support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Key (JWK), JSON Web Key Set (JWKS), and more. A vulnerability has been identified in the JSON Web Encryption (JWE) decryption interfaces, specifically related to the support for decompressing plaintext after its decryption. Under certain conditions it is possible to have the user's environment consume unreasonable amount of CPU time or memory during JWE Decryption operations. This issue has been patched in versions 2.0.7 and 4.15.5.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

38 ≤ v ≤ 40
v < 2.0.73.0.0 ≤ v < 4.15.5
v ≤ 4.15.4v < 2.0.7
Affected range stops below 2.0.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-400

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