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CVE-2024-28122

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-28122 is a Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting the lestrrat-go jwx Go module, which implements various JOSE technologies. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an extremely high compression ratio, leading to resource exhaustion. Rated 6.8 MEDIUM, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, with a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lestrrat-go:jwx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lestrrat-go:jwx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 3,563 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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 (3)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2Fixed in: 2.0.21
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/lestrrat-go/jwxFixed in: 1.2.29
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2024-28122Moderate

jwx: denial of service attack using compressed JWE message

Mar 9, 2024
goGHSA-hj3v-m684-v259medium

JWX vulnerable to a denial of service attack using compressed JWE message

Mar 8, 2024

References

github.com / lestrrat-go/jwx/releases/tag/v1.2.29
ProductRelease Notes
github.com / lestrrat-go/jwx/releases/tag/v2.0.21
ProductRelease Notes
github.com / lestrrat-go/jwx/security/advisories/GHSA-hj3v-m684-v259
ExploitVendor Advisory