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CVE-2023-51774

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-51774 describes a high-severity vulnerability in the json-jwt (JSON::JWT) gem version 1.16.3 for Ruby, allowing identity check bypass through a sign/encryption confusion attack, specifically impacting JSON::JWT.decode when JWE is used. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.4 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.16.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:json-jwt_project:json-jwt:1.16.3:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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 (2)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: json-jwtFixed in: 1.16.6
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: json-jwtFixed in: 1.15.3.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-c8v6-786g-vjx6medium

json-jwt allows bypass of identity checks via a sign/encryption confusion attack

Feb 29, 2024
redhatCVE-2023-51774Moderate

json-jwt: bypass of identity checks via a sign/encryption confusion attack

Feb 29, 2024

References

github.com / P3ngu1nW/CVE_Request/blob/main/novjson-jwt.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory