What is CVE-2024-29371?

CVE-2024-29371 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jose4j Project, classified under CWE-1259. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-29371?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jose4j Project

CVE-2024-29371

In jose4j before 0.9.6, an attacker can cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition by crafting a malicious JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with an exceptionally high compression ratio. When this token is processed by the server, it results in significant memory allocation and processing time during decompression.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Jose4j_project Jose4j
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1259

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-29371?: CVE-2024-29371 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jose4j Project, classified under CWE-1259. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-29371?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.