CVE-2023-50966

erlang-jose: Denial-of-service due to high CPU consumption

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Published Mar 19, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

erlang-jose (aka JOSE for Erlang and Elixir) through 1.11.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value in a JOSE header.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-9mg4-v392-8j68	erlang-jose vulnerable to denial of service via large p2c value

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.887% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/P3ngu1nW/CVE_Request/blob/main/erlang-jose.md
https://github.com/potatosalad/erlang-jose
https://hexdocs.pm/jose/JOSE.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50966

History

May 28, 2025 5:00 PM References updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50966

May 22, 2025 2:45 AM References updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50966 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50966

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 19, 2024, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:23 PM
Reserved: Dec 17, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:23 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:23 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:40 AM

Status: Deferred
Published: Mar 19, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:40 AM

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Red Hat Updated: Mar 19, 2024, 12:00 AM

Severity: Moderate
Public date: Mar 19, 2024, 12:00 AM

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