#VU98780 Resource exhaustion in jwx - CVE-2024-28122
Published: October 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98780
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28122
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jwx
jwx
Software vendor:
lestrrat-go
lestrrat-go
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote privileged user with trusted public key can cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.