CVE-2023-52428 (High) detected in nimbus-jose-jwt-3.1.2.jar

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CVE-2023-52428 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nimbus-jose-jwt-3.1.2.jar

Java library for Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

Library home page: https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt

Path to vulnerable library: /sdk/resourcemanager/azure-resourcemanager-appservice/src/test/resources/appservicemsi/WEB-INF/lib/nimbus-jose-jwt-3.1.2.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ nimbus-jose-jwt-3.1.2.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: d00274c5406c57214dbd8d18882a072c71e83d85

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2024-02-11

URL: CVE-2023-52428

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52428

Release Date: 2024-02-11

Fix Resolution: 9.37.2

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