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CVE-2024-33664

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-33664 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in python-jose versions up to 3.3.0, allowing attackers to trigger high resource consumption by submitting a specially crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token, effectively a "JWT bomb." This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a loss of availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
0.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0078 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 23,703 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: python-joseFixed in: 3.4.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-cjwg-qfpm-7377medium

python-jose denial of service via compressed JWE content

Apr 26, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-33664Moderate

python-jose: allows attackers to cause a denial of service

Apr 26, 2024

References

github.com / mpdavis/python-jose/issues/344
ExploitIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
github.com / mpdavis/python-jose/pull/345
Issue TrackingPatch
vicarius.io / vsociety/posts/jwt-bomb-in-python-jose-cve-2024-33664
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory