CVE-2023-52428 (High) detected in nimbus-jose-jwt-9.24.4.jar

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CVE-2023-52428 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nimbus-jose-jwt-9.24.4.jar

Java library for Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

Library home page: https://connect2id.com

Path to dependency file: /persistence/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.nimbusds/nimbus-jose-jwt/9.24.4/29a1f6a00a4daa3e1873f6bf4f16ddf4d6fd6d37/nimbus-jose-jwt-9.24.4.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.nimbusds/nimbus-jose-jwt/9.24.4/29a1f6a00a4daa3e1873f6bf4f16ddf4d6fd6d37/nimbus-jose-jwt-9.24.4.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.nimbusds/nimbus-jose-jwt/9.24.4/29a1f6a00a4daa3e1873f6bf4f16ddf4d6fd6d37/nimbus-jose-jwt-9.24.4.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-oauth2-resource-server-3.2.5.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-security-oauth2-jose-6.2.4.jar
    • ❌ nimbus-jose-jwt-9.24.4.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 335a4047c89f52dfe860e93daefb32dc86a521a2

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

In Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 9.37.2, an attacker can cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large JWE p2c header value (aka iteration count) for the PasswordBasedDecrypter (PBKDF2) component.

Publish Date: 2024-02-11

URL: CVE-2023-52428

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52428

Release Date: 2024-02-11

Fix Resolution (com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt): 9.37.2

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-oauth2-resource-server): 3.2.7

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