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Nimbus JOSE+JWT vulnerable to padding oracle attack

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

maven com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.39

Patched versions

4.39

Description

Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.39 proceeds improperly after detection of an invalid HMAC in authenticated AES-CBC decryption, which allows attackers to conduct a padding oracle attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 20, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Nov 8, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Low
3.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-12973

GHSA ID

GHSA-jfmq-4g4m-99rh

Source code

No known source code
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