CVE-2017-12974
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Nimbus JOSE+JWT
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt | <4.36 | 4.36 |
Application impact
References
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/f3a7a801f0c6b078899fed9226368eb7b44e2b2f
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/217/explicit-check-for-ec-public-key-on-curve
- https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txt
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12974
- https://github.com/felx/nimbus-jose-jwt
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
CWEs
CWE-347
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.