CVE-2017-12974

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    CVE-2017-12974

    Published: 20 Aug 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E, https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/f3a7a801f0c6b078899fed9226368eb7b44e2b2f, https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txt, https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/217/explicit-check-for-ec-public-key-on-curve

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f46fe5204828a77b7a7c34977de9284e0da26085
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0
    2.0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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