Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt package, versions [,7.8.1)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 1.21% (86th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMNIMBUSDS-536068
  • published 26 Nov 2019
  • disclosed 15 Oct 2019
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt to version 7.8.1 or higher.

Overview

com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt is a library for JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions. Can throw various uncaught exceptions while parsing a JWT, which could result in an application crash (potential information disclosure) or a potential authentication bypass.