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CVE-2022-36083

20
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0111 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jose-browser-runtimeFixed in: 3.20.4
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jose-node-cjs-runtimeFixed in: 3.20.4
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jose-node-esm-runtimeFixed in: 3.20.4
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: joseFixed in: 2.0.6
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: joseFixed in: 1.28.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: joseFixed in: 4.9.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jose-browser-runtimeFixed in: 4.9.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jose-node-cjs-runtimeFixed in: 4.9.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jose-node-esm-runtimeFixed in: 4.9.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: joseFixed in: 3.20.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-jv3g-j58f-9mq9medium

JOSE vulnerable to resource exhaustion via specifically crafted JWE

Sep 16, 2022

References

github.com / panva/jose/commit/03d6d013bf6e070e85adfe5731f526978e3e8e4d
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / panva/jose/releases/tag/v4.9.2
Third Party Advisory
github.com / panva/jose/security/advisories/GHSA-jv3g-j58f-9mq9
ExploitThird Party Advisory