CVE-2023-49290 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting lestrrat-go/jwx, a Go module for JOSE technologies. An attacker can exploit this by setting an excessively high 'p2c' parameter in a JWE, causing significant computational resource consumption during key derivation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium) due to its network attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service without impacting confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE. Users are advised to upgrade to versions 1.2.27 or 2.0.18 to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lestrrat-go:jwx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lestrrat-go:jwx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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