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Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 16, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt (Maven)

Affected versions

< 7.9

Patched versions

7.9

Description

Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT before v7.9 can throw various uncaught exceptions while parsing a JWT, which could result in an application crash (potential information disclosure) or a potential authentication bypass.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 15, 2019
Reviewed Oct 16, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 16, 2019
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

1.213%
(86th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-17195

GHSA ID

GHSA-f6vf-pq8c-69m4

Source code

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