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Invalid Elliptic Curve Attack Affecting com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt package, versions [,4.36)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.18% (55th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMNIMBUSDS-31558
  • published 5 Nov 2017
  • disclosed 12 Apr 2017
  • credit Unkown
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Introduced: 12 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-12974 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-310 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt to version 4.36 or higher.

Overview

com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt is a Java library for Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Tokens (JWT).

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to an Invalid Elliptic Curve Attack.

Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.