What is CVE-2023-49290?

CVE-2023-49290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lestrrat-go Jwx, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-49290?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Lestrrat-go Jwx

CVE-2023-49290

lestrrat-go/jwx is a Go module implementing various JWx (JWA/JWE/JWK/JWS/JWT, otherwise known as JOSE) technologies. A p2c parameter set too high in JWE's algorithm PBES2-* could lead to a denial of service. The JWE key management algorith…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Lestrrat-go Jwx — versions < 1.2.27, >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49290?: CVE-2023-49290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lestrrat-go Jwx, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-49290?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.