Description
JWX is Go module implementing various JWx (JWA/JWE/JWK/JWS/JWT, otherwise known as JOSE) technologies. This vulnerability allows an attacker with a trusted public key to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio. This issue has been patched in versions 1.2.29 and 2.0.21.
Published: 2024-03-09
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-0939 JWX is Go module implementing various JWx (JWA/JWE/JWK/JWS/JWT, otherwise known as JOSE) technologies. This vulnerability allows an attacker with a trusted public key to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio. This issue has been patched in versions 1.2.29 and 2.0.21.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hj3v-m684-v259 JWX vulnerable to a denial of service attack using compressed JWE message
History

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lestrrat-go:jwx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lestrrat-go
Lestrrat-go jwx
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lestrrat-go:jwx:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lestrrat-go:jwx:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lestrrat-go
Lestrrat-go jwx
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-16T15:49:42.161Z

Reserved: 2024-03-04T14:19:14.060Z

Link: CVE-2024-28122

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:48:48.987Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-09T01:15:06.940

Modified: 2025-12-05T16:23:49.480

Link: CVE-2024-28122

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-28122 - Bugzilla

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