CVE-2022-36083 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the JOSE library, specifically its JWE decryption APIs when handling untrusted input. An attacker can craft a JWE with an excessively high PBKDF2 iteration count (p2c parameter), causing the victim's system to consume unreasonable CPU resources during decryption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium) due to its network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for limited availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0.0, < 1.28.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panva:jose:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panva:jose:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
>= 3.0.0, < 3.20.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panva:jose:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
>= 4.0.0, < 4.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:panva:jose:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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