CVE-2024-33664
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
python-jose through 3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) during a decode via a crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token with a high compression ratio, aka a "JWT bomb." This is similar to CVE-2024-21319.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
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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OS impact
Debian Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bookworm | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | python-jose | <3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33664
- https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/issues/344
- https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/pull/345
- https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose
- https://github.com/mpdavis/python-jose/releases/tag/3.4.0
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/python-jose/PYSEC-2024-233.yaml
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/jwt-bomb-in-python-jose-cve-2024-33664
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-33664.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-33664
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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