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CVE-2017-12972

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12972 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in Nimbus JOSE+JWT versions prior to 4.39. This flaw allows attackers to bypass HMAC authentication by manipulating Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) and ciphertext, leading to different plaintext being accepted for the same HMAC. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it is a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, potentially resulting in high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwtFixed in: 4.39

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-2qp9-wg27-9pcvhigh

Nimbus JOSE+JWT missing overflow check

May 13, 2022

References

bitbucket.org / connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/0d2bd649ea386539220d4facfe1f65eb1dadb86c
Third Party Advisory
bitbucket.org / connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/224/byte-to-bit-overflow-in-cbc
PatchThird Party Advisory
bitbucket.org / connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txt
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E