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CVE-2024-28102

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-28102 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting JWCrypto versions prior to 1.5.6, and consequently, Debian and Latchset products utilizing these versions. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by submitting a specially crafted JWE token with a high compression ratio, leading to excessive memory and CPU consumption on the server. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:latchset:jwcrypto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 3,562 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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 (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jwcryptoFixed in: 1.5.6
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: automation-controller-0:4.5.8-1.el8ap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: automation-controller-0:4.5.8-1.el9ap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: idm:client-8100020240417004735.143e9e98
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: idm:DL1-8100020240416171943.823393f5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: python-jwcrypto-0:0.8-5.el9_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2024-28102Moderate

python-jwcrypto: malicious JWE token can cause denial of service

Mar 8, 2024
pipGHSA-j857-7rvv-vj97medium

JWCrypto vulnerable to JWT bomb Attack in `deserialize` function

Mar 6, 2024

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
vicarius.io / vsociety/posts/denial-of-service-vulnerability-discovered-in-jwcrypto-cve-2024-28102-28103
ExploitPress/Media CoverageTechnical Description
github.com / latchset/jwcrypto/commit/90477a3b6e73da69740e00b8161f53fea19b831f
Patch
github.com / latchset/jwcrypto/security/advisories/GHSA-j857-7rvv-vj97
ExploitVendor Advisory