Incorrect Comparison in pyjwt - CVE-2024-53861

 

Incorrect Comparison in pyjwt - CVE-2024-53861

Published: February 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103946
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53861
CWE-ID: CWE-697
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify data on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to an incorrect string comparison being run for `iss` checking, resulting in `"acb"` being accepted for `"_abc_"`. A remote attacker can trigger incorrect comparisons and modify data on the system.


Affected software

pyjwt
Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
IBM Concert Software

How to mitigate CVE-2024-53861

Install updates from vendor's website.

pyjwt - update to 2.10.1
IBM Concert Software - update to 2.0.0
Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector - addressed in versions 8.11.25, 9.0.17, 9.1.7
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.8.1

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