GHSA-gvpg-vgmx-xg6w

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    GHSA-gvpg-vgmx-xg6w

    Published: 11 Feb 2024Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Denial of Service in Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT

    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.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt

    Purl: pkg:maven/com.nimbusds/nimbus-jose-jwt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.37.2

    Affected versions

    2.10
    2.10.1

    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