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CVE-2024-29370

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-29370 describes a Denial-of-Service vulnerability in python-jose version 3.3.0, specifically within the jwe.decrypt function. An attacker can craft a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an extremely high compression ratio, leading to excessive memory allocation and processing time during decompression on the server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium) due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, resulting in a potential availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python-jose_project:python-jose:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 1st 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: python-joseFixed in: 3.4.0
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)Fixed in: rhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Fixed in: python-jose

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-h4pw-wxh7-4vjjmedium

Duplicate Advisory: python-jose denial of service via compressed JWE content

Dec 17, 2025
redhatCVE-2024-29370Moderate

python-jose: python-jose: Denial-of-Service via malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token decompression

Dec 17, 2025

References

github.com / mpdavis/python-jose/issues/344
ExploitIssue TrackingPatch