CVE-2023-51775

jose4j: denial of service via specially crafted JWE

Published Dec 25, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The jose4j component before 0.9.4 for Java allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6qvw-249j-h44c jose4j denial of service via specifically crafted JWE
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Jose4j Project
Jose4j Project jose4j
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:jose4j_project:jose4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Jose4j Project
Jose4j Project jose4j
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el9
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Nov 3, 2025, 9:50 PM
Reserved
Dec 25, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 29, 2024, 1:42 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:41 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 29, 2024, 12:00 AM