What is CVE-2017-16007?

CVE-2017-16007 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Node-Jose, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-16007?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-16007 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Cisco Node-Jose

CVE-2017-16007

node-jose is a JavaScript implementation of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) for current web browsers and node.js-based servers. node-jose earlier than version 0.9.3 is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Node-jose
Hackerone Node-jose Node Module — versions <0.9.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

support@hackerone.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16007?: CVE-2017-16007 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Node-Jose, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-16007?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-16007 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.